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Leslie Bethell

    Leslie Bethell è professore emerito di storia latinoamericana, la cui erudizione si concentra sulla storia politica, sociale e culturale della regione, in particolare del Brasile, durante il XIX e XX secolo. È ampiamente riconosciuto come il principale curatore della monumentale Cambridge History of Latin America in dodici volumi, un'opera salutata come una pietra miliare e una rassegna autorevole del settore. Le sue analisi offrono profonde intuizioni sulle complesse forze storiche e sui cambiamenti culturali che hanno plasmato l'America Latina. La vasta ricerca e i contributi editoriali di Bethell lo hanno reso una figura centrale per la comprensione dell'intricato passato del continente.

    Cambridge History of Latin America: Cuba
    Brazil: Essays on History and Politics
    • Published to mark his 80th birthday, this volume is the first collected compendium of the work of Professor Leslie Bethell and consists of seven essays on major themes in modern Brazilian history and politics. The essays are new, but draw from his classic published works: book chapters and journal articles, and public lectures delivered in the ten years since his retirement.

      Brazil: Essays on History and Politics
    • Cambridge History of Latin America: Cuba

      A Short History

      • 184pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      Cuba: A Short History brings together four chapters from Volumes 3, 5, and 7 of The Cambridge History of Latin America to provide for scholars, students and general readers a concise history of this important island nation. Contributors, top scholars in the field, trace the political, economic, and social development of Cuba from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present day. The concluding chapter, updated for this volume, considers the dilemmas and challenges that Castro's Cuba faces in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay that many readers will find useful.

      Cambridge History of Latin America: Cuba