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Book SynopsisRe-evaluates theories of state, property, race, and economics against Latin American experiences. This book seeks to deepen our understanding of Latin America and the problems it faces. It tests social science paradigms against a variety of cases, and attempts to pursue a generalizable map of the social world.
Trade Review"No previous review of theory comes close to this book's range and daring. Its audience should include not only Latin Americanists, but students of social theory and of development in general."
—Charles Tilly, Columbia University"
The Other Mirror succeeds in providing a highly stimulating account of the dialectics between general theory and history. It will have a much-needed positive impact on Latin American studies and its place in general social theory."
—Mauricio A. Font, The Graduate Center and Queens College, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsPREFACE ix CONTRIBUTORS xi INTRODUCTION: Miguel Angel Centeno and Fernando Lopez-Alves PART I: Creating an Economy 25 CHAPTER ONE Jeremy Adelman: Institutions, Property, and Economic Development in Latin America 27 CHAPTER TWO Paul Gootenberg: Hijos of Dr. Gerschenkron: "Latecomer" Conceptions in Latin American Economic History 55 CHAPTER THREE Steven Topik: Karl Polanyi and the Creation of the "Market Society" 81 CHAPTER FOUR Veronica Montecinos and John Markoff: From the Power of Economic Ideas to the Power of Economists 105 PART II: The State and Democracy 151 CHAPTER FIVE Fernando Lopez-Alves: The Transatlantic Bridge: Mirrors, Charles Tilly, and State Formation in the River Plate 153 CHAPTER SIX Alan Knight: The Modern Mexican State: Theory and Practice 177 CHAPTER SEVEN Jorge I. Dominguez: Samuel Huntington and the Latin American State 219 CHAPTER EIGHT J. Samuel Valenzuela: Class Relations and Democratization: A Reassessment of Barrington Moore's Model 240 PART III: Living and Belonging 287 CHAPTER NINE Miguel Angel Centeno: The Disciplinary Society in Latin America 289 CHAPTER TEN Robert M. Levine: Michel de Certeau and Latin America 309 CHAPTER ELEVEN Claudio Lomnitz: Nationalism as a Practical System: Benedict Anderson's Theory of Nationalism from the Vantage Point of Spanish America 329 INDEX 361
