Colonial Legacies: The Problem of Persistence in Latin American History

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Jeremy Adelman
Routledge, Dec 6, 2012 - History - 320 pages
More than other Atlantic societies, Latin America is shackled to its past. This collection is an exploration of the binding historical legacies--the making of slavery, patrimonial absolutist states, backward agriculture and the imprint of the Enlightenment--with which Latin America continues to grapple.

Leading writers and scholars reflect on how this heritage emerged from colonial institutions and how historians have tackled these legacies over the years, suggesting that these deep encumbrances are why the region has failed to live up to liberal-capitalist expectations. They also invite discussion about the political, economic and cultural heritages of Atlantic colonialism through the idea that persistence is a powerful organizing framework for understanding particular kinds of historical processes.

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Contents

Preface
two Europe and the Atlantic World
The European Diaspora of Silver by
The IberoAtlantic in the Long Eighteenth
six Dependency and the Colonial Heritage in Southeastern Mesoamerica
Evidence from
Steve J Stern
nine Argentines Ponder the Burden of the Past
Conceptualizing PostDependentista Brazil
eleven Furtado Social Science and History
Notes
Notes on Contributors
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Jeremy Adelman is the Director of the Program of Latin American Studies and Professor of History at Princeton University.

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