The Cambridge History of Latin America

List of maps; General preface; Preface to Volume 3; Part I. Independence: 1. The origins of Spanish American Independence John Lynch; 2. The Independence of Mexico and Central America Timothy Anna; 3. The Independence of Spanish South America David Bushnell; 4. The Independence of Brazil Leslie Bethell; 5. International politics and Latin American Independence D. A. G. Waddell; A note on the church and the Independence of Latin America Leslie Bethell; Part II. The Caribbean: 6. Haiti and Santo Domingo: 1790-c.1870 Frank Moya Pons; 7. Cuba from the middle of the eighteenth century to c.1870 Hugh Thomas; Part III. Spanish America after Independence: 8. Economy and society in post-Independence Spanish America Tulio Halperin Donghi; 9. Politics, ideology and society in post-Independence Spanish America Frank Safford; 10. Mexico from Independence to 1867 Jan Bazant; 11. Central America from Independence to c.1870 R. L. Woodward; 12. Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador: the first half-century of independence Malcolm Deas; 13. Peru and Bolivia from Independence to the War of the Pacific Heraclio Bonilla; 14. Chile from Independence to the War of the Pacific Simon Collier; 15. The River Plate Republics from Independence to the Paraguayan War John Lynch; Part IV. Brazil after Independence: 16. Brazil from Independence to the middle of the nineteenth century Leslie Bethell and Jose Murilo de Carvalho; 17. Brazil from the middle of the nineteenth century to the Paraguayan War Richard Graham; Part V. Cultural Life: 18. The literature, music and art of Latin America from Independence to c.1870 Gerald Martin; Bibliographical essays; Index.