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Colonialism and postcolonial development: Spanish America in comparative perspective

James Mahoney 2010 © Cambridge University Press
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  • 9780521116343 (hardcover)
  • 9780511741227 (ebook)
  • 9780521133289 (paper)
Subject
  • Latin American
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • List of Tables, Figures, and Maps (page xi)
  • Preface (page xiii)
  • I Explaining Levels of Colonialism and Postcolonial Development (page 1)
    • Relative Levels of Development (page 4)
    • Existing Perspectives and Their Limitations: New Principles for Case Analysis (page 10)
    • A General Theory of Colonialism and Development (page 20)
    • A Focus on Spanish America (page 32)
  • 2 Spain and Its Colonial Empire in the Americas (page 35)
    • The Mercantilist Phase, 1492-1700 (page 36)
    • The Liberal Phase, 1700-1808 (page 44)
    • Conclusion (page 49)
  • 3 Mercantilist Colonialism (page 50)
    • The Colonial Centers (page 54)
    • The Colonial Peripheries (page 77)
    • The Colonial Semiperipheries (page 100)
    • Conclusion (page 115)
  • 4 Liberal Colonialism (page 120)
    • The Rising Peripheries (page 124)
    • The Mercantilist Carryovers (page 141)
    • The Fallen Cores (page 161)
    • The Sustained Peripheries (page 174)
    • Conclusion (page 183)
  • 5 Warfare and Postcolonial Development (page 189)
    • The Effect of Warfare on Development (page 190)
    • Costa Rican Exceptionalism in Central America (page 193)
    • Contrasting Paths: Chile and Paraguay (page 195)
    • Conclusion (page 200)
  • 6 Postcolonial Levels of Development (page 203)
    • Postcolonial Economic Development (page 205)
    • Postcolonial Social Development (page 221)
    • Conclusion (page 227)
  • 7 British and Portuguese Colonialism (page 229)
    • The British Colonial Empire (page 231)
    • Portuguese America (page 242)
    • Conclusion (page 250)
  • 8 Conclusion (page 253)
    • Summation (page 253)
    • Implications (page 264)
  • Notes (page 271)
  • Glossary (page 353)
  • Select Bibliography of Works on Colonial Spanish America (page 357)
  • Index (page 383)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
CJPS 45.1 (Mar. 2012): 240-242 http://www.jstor.org/stable/41472558
HAHR 92.1 (Feb. 2012): 199-200 http://www.jstor.org/stable/41343552
SF 89.4 (Jun. 2011): 1429-1431 http://www.jstor.org/stable/41290136
LAPS 53.4 (Winter 2011): 205-208 http://www.jstor.org/stable/41342354
PoP 9.2 (Jun. 2011): 456-458 http://www.jstor.org/stable/41479707
CS 42.4 (Jul. 2013): 513-520 http://www.jstor.org/stable/23525411
LARR 48.3 (2013): 214-220 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/latin_american_research_review/v048/48.3.arias.html
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