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SR Books two popular Human Tradition in Latin America titles covering nineteenth- and twentieth-century history have been combined into one exciting new volume. The most compelling chapters from these books are now presented in The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America. This collection offers powerful, fascinating biographies of ordinary people caught in the sometimes devastating historical changes that have occurred in Latin America. From the turbulent struggles for independence in the 1800s to the profound and often overwhelming transformations that have accompanied modernization in this century, The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America personalizes the impact that revolution, economic upheaval, urbanization, the destruction of community life, and the disruption of both traditional family and gender roles have had on Latin Americans. The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America is an invaluable text for courses in Latin American studies. Nowhere else can such varied portraits be found as in these diverse and carefully researched essays written by leading scholars.
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Latin America--19th century--History, Latin America--20th century--History, Latin America--Biography, Latin America--Social conditions.
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1997
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Latin America--19th century--History, Latin America--20th century--History, Latin America--Biography, Latin America--Social conditions.
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The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America
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This Mexican lottery card from the 1920s identifies the "new woman" as a threat to social order.
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The Human Tradition in Modern Latin America
Edited by William H. Beezley and Judith Ewell
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1997 by Scholarly Resources Inc. All rights reserved First published 1997 Printed and bound in the United States of America
Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, DE 198051897
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The human tradition in modern Latin America / edited by William H. Beezley and Judith Ewell. p. cm. (Latin American silhouettes) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8420-2612-6 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN 0-8420-2613-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Latin AmericaHistory19th century. 2. Latin AmericaHistory20th century. 3. Latin America Biography. 4. Social changeLatin AmericaHistory. I. Beezley, William H. II. Ewell, Judith, 1943 III. Series. F1413.H87 1997 980.03dc21 97-20943 CIP
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.
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To our parents, Lorene A. and Howard "Red" Beezley, Claude and Betsy Ewell, and Ruth Ewell, vital parts of the Human Tradition
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I believe in aristocracy, thoughif that is the right word, and if a democrat may use it. Not an aristocracy of power, based upon rank and influence, but an aristocracy of the sensitive, the considerate, and the plucky. Its members are to be found in all nations and classes, and all through the ages; and there is a secret understanding between them when they meet. They represent the true human tradition, the one permanent victory of our queer race over cruelty and chaos. Thousands of them perish in obscurity, a few are great names. They are sensitive for others as well as for themselves, they are considerate without being fussy, their pluck is not swankiness but the power to endure, and they can take a joke. E. M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy
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ABOUT THE EDITORS
William H. Beezley, the Neville G. Penrose Chair of Latin American History at Texas Christian University, has focused his research in recent years on the cultural history of Mexico. This interest has resulted in the publication of Judas at the Jockey Club (1987); and Rituals of Rule, Rituals of Resistance (1994), with Cheryl Martin and William French. With Linda Curio-Nagy, he is working on a book on Latin American culture and history. He edits Scholarly Resources's Latin American Silhouettes series with Judy Ewell and the Jaguar Books on Latin America with Colin MacLachlan. He also authored, with Colin MacLachlan, El Gran Pueblo: A History of Greater Mexico (1994).
Judith Ewell is Newton Family Professor of History and chair of the History Department at the College of William and Mary. Most of her research and publications have been in the field of Venezuelan history, including her most recent book, Venezuela and the United States: From Monroe's Hemisphere to Petroleum's Empire (1996). She regularly teaches both semesters of the survey of Latin American history, in addition to specialized courses on Brazil, Mexico, the Caribbean, and inter-American relations. As a senior Fulbright lecturer, she also has taught at universities in Venezuela and Ecuador.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors of the biographies in The Human Tradition in Latin America for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries realized our goal of making the region's history have meaning in terms of individual lives. These life histories gave texture, example, humor, and sorrow to the great events of the past two centuries. In sum, the authors used vignettes to put a human face on the past. In this new, combined volume, our selections reflect a need to give general coverage to the era since independence, to the diversity of nation-states, and to the human dimensions of gender, generations, ethnicity, class, and rural-urban origins. Our choices have been difficult indeed, and we urge readers unfamiliar with the two volumes from which this collection is drawn to consult them and to read the biographies not included here. We have thanked personally all of the authors, but we want to express in print our appreciation for their helping us make the history of Latin America come alive.
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