Screen LibraryA history of Chile 1808-2018 /
"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 Piñera regimes, their relations with nearby nations, and the cultural and economic changes that...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Cambridge Latin American studies ;
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"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 Piñera regimes, their relations with nearby nations, and the cultural and economic changes that have occurred within the country"-- This new edition of the history of Chile brings the story of its political, social and cultural development up to date. It describes how Socialists Ricardo Lagos and Michelle Bachelet modernized the country, liberalizing Chilean political life, and how Bachelet's successor, Sebastian Piñera, 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 an 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--back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xxviii, 560 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-537) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781009170215 100917021X 9781009170208 1009170201 |
| Index Number: | F3093 |
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K784.5 K784.4 |
| Call Number: | K784.4/S253/3rd ed. |
| Contents: | Part I. Birth of a nation-state, 1800s-1830s -- Part II. The rise of a republic, 1830s-1880s -- Part III. The nitrate era, 1880s-1930s -- Part IV. Industrial advance and the dawn of mass politics, 1930s-1960s -- Part V. Democracy and dictatorship, 1960s-2000s. |