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Latin America In The World Economy

Mercantile Colonialism To Global Capitalism

By: Frederick Weaver

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Latin America In The World Economy

Mercantile Colonialism To Global Capitalism

By: Frederick Weaver

Latin America in the World Economy considers the dual aspect of Latin American development: how external factors (phases of world capitalism since Columbus) interweave with internal factors (Latin American culture, politics, and social groups). Weaver skillfully demonstrates how domestic social conflicts and power relations have consistently capitalized on changes in the international economy while, conversely, engagement with the international economy has consistently constrained local struggles and patterns of change. Over half of Latin America in the World Economy focuses on the short twentieth century (after 1930), and the way that the book frames recent events and processes in broad historical and comparative terms is appropriate for courses on world history and comparative development as well as for more specialized courses on Latin America.

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0429978987

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9780429978982

Confederates in the Tropics

Charles Swett's Travelogue

By: Sharon Hartman Strom,Frederick Stirton Weaver

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Confederates in the Tropics

Charles Swett's Travelogue

By: Sharon Hartman Strom,Frederick Stirton Weaver

Charles Swett (1828-1910) was a prosperous Vicksburg merchant and small plantation owner who was reluctantly drawn into secession but then rallied behind the Confederate cause, serving with distinction in the Confederate Army. After the war some of Swett's peers from Mississippi and other southern states invited him to explore the possibility of settling in British Honduras or the Republic of Honduras. Confederates in the Tropics uses Swett's 1868 travelogue to explore the motives of would-be Confederate migrants' fleeing defeat and Reconstruction in the United States South. The authors make a comparative analysis of Confederate communities in Latin America, and use Charles Swett's life to illustrate the travails and hopes of the period for both blacks and whites. Swett's diary is presented here in its entirety in a clear, accessible format, edited for contemporary readers. Swett's style, except for his passionate prefatory remarks, is a remarkably unsentimental, even scientific look at Belize and Honduras, more akin to a field report than a romantic travel account. In a final section, the authors suggest why the expatriate communities of white Southerners nearly always failed, and follow up on Swett's life in Mississippi in a way that sheds light on why disgruntled Confederates decided to remain in or eventually to return to the U.S. South.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604739959

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9781604739954

Latin America In The World Economy

Mercantile Colonialism To Global Capitalism

By: Frederick Weaver

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Mercantile Colonialism To Global Capitalism

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Economic Literacy

Basic Economics with an Attitude

By: Frederick Stirton Weaver

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Economic Literacy

Basic Economics with an Attitude

By: Frederick Stirton Weaver

With wit and verve, this book explains the logic, language, and worldview of economic theory and engagingly describes the organization and performance of the U.S. economy. Its combination of theory and description is essential for understanding debates about current affairs, penetrating the literature of economics, and reflecting on the usefulness and limits of economic analysis. A capstone chapter on the international economy puts Bretton Woods in contemporary context. Visit our website for sample chapters!

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742516679

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9780742516670

Inside The Volcano

The History And Political Economy Of Central America

By: Frederick Stirton Weaver

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Inside The Volcano

The History And Political Economy Of Central America

By: Frederick Stirton Weaver

This book provides a historical background to recent Central American social unrest, repression, and revolution to help readers engage in current arguments, claims, and debates in a critically and historically informed manner.

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434

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Routledge

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0429973306

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9780429973307

Inside The Volcano

The History And Political Economy Of Central America

By: Frederick Stirton Weaver

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Inside The Volcano

The History And Political Economy Of Central America

By: Frederick Stirton Weaver

Central America sprang into the consciousness of the U.S. public in the late 1970s, propelled by the Nicaraguan revolution and the brutal civil wars in Guatemala and El Salvador. The continuing debates over the nature of the conflicts and the role of U.S. policy have too seldom acknowledged the historical depths of the crises' roots, and the size of the Central American nations has often led U.S. participants in the debate to underestimate the dynamism, complexity, and heterogeneity of the social structures that underlie the political struggles.This book presents a historical and analytical interpretation of recent Central American crises. Using a consistent comparative framework, Dr. Weaver sorts out the relations among economic growth, social organization, and political structure and offers explanations for the historically divergent developments among the five Central American nations. By setting those events in a broader Latin American context and illuminating the relationships between domestic and international influences, Dr. Weaver shows how rapid changes in the social organization of economic production in some periods affected social structures and configurations of political power, while at other times political conflicts conditioned and shaped subsequent patterns of economic expansion.

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Westview Press

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0813309794

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9780813309798

An Economic History of the United States

Conquest, Conflict, and Struggles for Equality

By: Frederick S. Weaver

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An Economic History of the United States

Conquest, Conflict, and Struggles for Equality

By: Frederick S. Weaver

The economy of the United States is constantly evolving in response to wars, technological innovations, cultural revolutions, and political maneuverings. Tracing the economic machine of the United States from its first experiments in the colonies to the post–Great Recession era of today, Frederick S. Weaver creates a dynamic narrative of this country’s progression through times of feast and times of famine. Weaver explores diverse areas of the market beyond the financial sector, examining historical fluctuations in distribution of income, how the ebb and flow of specific industries have influenced the shape of the market, and, ultimately, how the economy of the United States has made America the nation we know today. An Economic History of the United States is a thoughtful and accessible introduction to the subject of American economic history, suitable for undergraduate courses in U.S. political and economic history.

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144225520X

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Confederates in the Tropics

Charles Swett's Travelogue

By: Sharon Hartman Strom,Frederick Stirton Weaver

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Confederates in the Tropics

Charles Swett's Travelogue

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1604739959

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Liberal Education

Critical Essays on Professions, Pedagogy, and Structure

By: Frederick Stirton Weaver

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Liberal Education

Critical Essays on Professions, Pedagogy, and Structure

By: Frederick Stirton Weaver

Advocating modest educational reform, this book seeks to define more clearly the goals of higher education through a critical appraisal of its nature and promise. The four chapters in Part 1 provide an overview of the intellectual and curricular issues of liberal education, beginning with a view of academic disciplines as professional organizations and an account of the political and economic challenges that structure faced during the 1970s and 1980s. The author then proposes a redefinition of liberal education as critical-inquiry education and discusses the curricular and pedagogical principles embodied in such an approach.

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0807730637

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Latin America In The World Economy

Latin America In The World Economy

Confederates in the Tropics

Confederates in the Tropics

Latin America In The World Economy

Latin America In The World Economy

Economic Literacy

Economic Literacy

Inside The Volcano

Inside The Volcano

Inside The Volcano

Inside The Volcano

An Economic History of the United States

An Economic History of the United States

Confederates in the Tropics

Confederates in the Tropics

Liberal Education

Liberal Education

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