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The poverty of progress : Latin America in the nineteenth century

Deals with Latin America's past. This title also emphasizes that the victory of the European oriented ruling elites over the Latin American folk with their community values resulted only after a long and violent struggle, which characterized most of the nineteenth century.
Print Book, English, 1980
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University of California Press, Berkeley, 1980
History
183 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
9780520050785, 0520050789
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Preface 1. The Nineteen Century: Progress and Cultural Conflict 2. The Elite Preference for Progress 3. Preservation and Glorification of the Elite Preference 4. An Intellectual Counterpoint 5. The Patriarchal Preference 6. The Folk Speak 7. The Poverty of Progress Chapter Notes Statistical Table Glossary Index
Reprint. Originally published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1980