8 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Hubert Herring's comprehensive survey of Latin American history from pre-Columbian civilizations through the mid-20th century — one of the standard reference histories for Latin America used in American universities.
Uruguayan journalist and writer who wrote Open Veins of Latin America, Memory of Fire, and Soccer in Sun and Shadow — one of the most widely read Latin American leftist writers — who later partly repudiated Open Veins as 'too rigid and too dogmatic.'
Michael Reid's 2007 survey of modern Latin America — arguing from a classical liberal perspective that Latin America's problems stem from institutional failures, not from external exploitation — a counter-narrative to Galeano's Open Veins.
American historian who wrote A History of Latin America — one of the standard American university survey histories of Latin America — providing comprehensive coverage from pre-Columbian civilizations through the mid-20th century.
Latin American Jungian analyst contributing to the practice and transmission of analytical psychology in the Latin American context.
British journalist and editor at The Economist who wrote Forgotten Continent — the authoritative liberal survey of modern Latin American politics and development.
Eduardo Galeano's 1971 work tracing the economic exploitation of Latin America from the Spanish conquest through the present — arguing from a dependency theory perspective that Latin American poverty is the direct product of European and American extraction.
A comprehensive history of the Americas — covering North, Central, and South American history — referenced in the History 102 context of discussions about American colonial and post-colonial history.