Author:
Sater, William F. author.
Edition Statement:Third edition.
ImprintCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Descriptionxxviii, 560 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Part I. Birth of a nation-state, 1800s-1830s -- Colonial foundations, 1540-1810 -- Independence, 1808-1830 -- The conservative settlement, 1830-1841 -- Part II. The rise of a republic, 1830s-1880s -- A time of progress, 1830s-1870s -- The liberal impulse, 1841-1876 -- Crisis and war, 1876-1883 -- Part III. The nitrate era, 1880s-1930s -- The parliamentary period, 1882-1920 -- The lion and the mule, 1920-1938 -- Part IV. Industrial advance and the dawn of mass politics, 1930s-1960s -- The radicals, the general of hope, and the lion's son, 1938-1964 -- The industrial impulse, 1930s-1960s -- Part V. Democracy and dictatorship, 1960s-2000s -- Revolution in liberty, 1964-1970 -- The Chilean road to socialism, 1970-1973 -- The Pinochet years -- Re-encounter with history, 1990-2002 -- Adapting to the twenty-first century, 2002-2018.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-537) and index.
Note:"This new edition investigates the various reasons for Chileans spurning the Pinochet Constitution in favor of another system, and covers the formation and critical events of the Lagos, Bachelet, and Piņera regimes, their relations with nearby nations, and the cultural and economic changes that have occurred within the country"-- Provided by publisher.
Note:Recommended in Resources for College Libraries.
