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A history of Chile, 1808-2018

William F. Sater, Simon Collier

(Cambridge Latin American studies, 126)

Cambridge University Press, 2023

3rd ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-537) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

As Chile has continued to grow and prosper in the twenty-first century, this new edition of the definitive history of the country brings the story of its political, social and cultural development up to date. It describes how Ricardo Lagos and Michelle Bachelet, both highly educated Socialists, modernized the country and integrated new interests into Chilean political life, and how the billionaire, Harvard-trained economist Sebastian Pinera, who succeeded Bachelet, addressed the problems caused by the 2010 tsunami. In the last twenty years Chile diversified its economy, replaced a number of Pinochet's organizations with more inclusive institutions, cultivated Chilean culture, modernized its constitution, and fomented reconciliation of the various political factions - until economic crisis in early 2018 caused political chaos and occasionally violent public protest. Based on new statistics to measure Chile's economic and social development, this volume celebrates Chile's achievements and dissects its failures.

Table of Contents

  • Part I. Birth of a nation-state, 1800s-1830s: 1. Colonial foundations, 1540-1810
  • 2. Independence, 1808-30
  • 3. The conservative settlement, 1830-41
  • Part II. The rise of a republic, 1830s-1880s: 4. A time of progress, 1830s-1870s
  • 5. The liberal impulse, 1841-76
  • 6. Crisis and war, 1876-83
  • Part III. The nitrate era, 1880s-1930s: 7. The Parliamentary period, 1882-1920
  • 8. The Lion and the Mule, 1920-38
  • Part IV. Industrial advance and the dawn of mass politics, 1930s-1960s: 9. The radicals, the general of hope, and the Lion's Son, 1938-64
  • 10. The industrial impulse, 1930s-1960s
  • Part V. Democracy and dictatorship, 1960s-2000s: 11. Revolution in liberty, 1964-70
  • 12. The Chilean road to socialism, 1970-73
  • 13. The Pinochet years
  • 14. Re-encounter with history, 1990-2002
  • 15. Adapting to the twenty first century 2002 - 2018.

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  • NCID
    BD0149083X
  • ISBN
    • 9781009170215
  • LCCN
    2022016864
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxviii, 560 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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