Understanding Latin America:A Decoding Guide

Alfredo Toro Hardy
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Alfredo Toro Hardy: Venezuelan Scholar and Diplomat

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Abstract: From afar, Latin America looks like a blurry tableau: devoid of defining lines, particularities and nuances. Little is understood about the idiosyncrasies of Latin-Americans, their cultural identity and social values. Differences between Brazilians and Spanish Americans, or amid the diverse Spanish American countries, are not sufficiently understood. Even less is known about the amplitude of the Iberian heritage of such countries, or about the miscegenation and acculturation processes that took place among their different constitutive races. There is no clarity regarding the Western nature of Latin America or about its cultural affinities with Latin Europe. Nor is there sufficient understanding of the links between the Latin population of the United States and the inhabitants of Latin America.

Keywords: Latin America; Asia; Brazil; Hispanic America; United States; Latino Population in the US; China; Spain; Portugal; US-Lantin American Relations; China-Latin American Trade and Investments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N36 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
ISBN: 9789813229945
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 WHY LATIN AMERICA? , pp 1-11

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Ch 2 WHAT IS IBERIAN AMERICA? , pp 13-33

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Ch 3 BRAZIL AND SPANISH AMERICA , pp 35-58

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Ch 4 SPANISH AMERICA: ONE OR MANY? , pp 59-83

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Ch 5 WHERE DO LATIN AMERICANS BELONG? , pp 85-103

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Ch 6 LATIN AMERICA AND UNITED STATES: A DICHOTOMY , pp 105-121

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Ch 7 LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES: A HISTORY IN SEVEN CHAPTERS , pp 123-145

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Ch 8 THE REVENGE OF THE SOUTH , pp 147-167

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Ch 9 WHEN CHINA ARRIVED FROM NOWHERE , pp 169-197

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Ch 10 LATIN AMERICA’S OPTIONS , pp 199-220

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