It is not at all surprising that, in their book on the processes through which the subcontinent we now know … More
Tag: América Latina
Comentario sobre “O Poeta e a Inquisição” (1838) de Gonçalves de Magalhaes
No deja de resultar notable el hecho de que el mecanismo de denunciación y de paranoia más o menos generalizada … More
Essay on Latin American inequality inspired by “The Lopsided Continent” (2003) and “Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: Breaking with History?” (2003)
Perhaps surprisingly, neither in Hoffman and Centeno’s article, “The Lopsided Continent” (2003), nor in De Ferranti’s et al. report for … More
Book review: Betty J. Meggers’ “Amazonia: Man and Culture in a Counterfeit Paradise” (1971)
More than thirty years after its original publication, and more than a decade after the appearance of its revised edition, … More
On the homogeneity and heterogeneity of Latin America as a region and the notion of discourse history
There is no question that the existence of a region called “Latin America” is a “reality,” and one which is … More
Essay on “The Economic History of Latin America Since Independence” (1994) by Victor Bulmer-Thomas
If we had to summarize in only one word the reasons why, according to Victor Bulmer-Thomas, the “economic development of … More