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Book SynopsisExplores the interplay between various dimensions of imperial power and the dissent and resistance it seems to regularly engender. This title includes several essays that provide historical perspective on contemporary US - hemispheric relations.
Trade Review“
Empire and Dissent is uniformly informative, insightful, and often provocative in the best of senses. This outstanding collection pairs a conceptually innovative and historiographically superior set of essays on empire in the Americas (Spanish, British, and United States) with country-specific chapters on resistance, dissent, and negotiation in contemporary Latin America. These insightful chapters reach beyond traditional course material on Latin American history and politics to address questions of globalization, social movements, and the conceptualization of resistance in an era of U.S. hegemonic power.”—
Steven Volk, Oberlin College
“You can’t have one without the other: empire and dissent have defined American politics for nearly two centuries, producing, in Latin America, an enduring social democracy and, in the United States, an equally persistent evangelical liberalism. Fred Rosen’s knowledge of Latin American politics is formidable, and in this edited collection of essays he has given us an indispensable guide to a critical topic.”—
Greg Grandin, author of
Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New ImperialismTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
A Reader's Guide ix
Introduction / Fred Rosen 1
Part I. Empire in the Americas: Historical Reflections
1. U.S. Imperialist/Hegemony and Latin American Resistance / Alan Knight 23
2. "We Are Heirs-apparent to the Romans": Imperial Myths and Indigenous Status / Gregory Evans Dowd 53
3. The Finances of Hegemony in Latin America: Debt Negotiations and the Role of the U.S. Government, 1945-2005 / Carlos Marichal 90
Part II. Empire and Resistance in the Twenth-First Century
5. Beyond Hegemony: Zapatismo, Empire, and Dissent / Neil Harvey 117
6. Colonialism and Ethnic Resistance in Bolivia: A View from the Coca Markets / Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui 137
7. High Stakes in Brazil: Can Democracy Take on Empire? / Jeffrey W. Rubin 162
8. From Menem to Kirchner: National Autonomy and Social Movements in Argentina / Daniel A. Cieza 188
9. The Hugo Chavez Phenomenon: Anti-imperialism from Above or Radical Democracy from Below? / Steve Ellner 205
Bibliography 229
Contributors 251
Index 253
