Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Preface vii
4. Contents xi
5. I. Introduction: Unity and Diversity in the Southern Cone 1
6. Part One. Nineteenth-Century Foundations
7. II. Argentina, 1810–1910: A Modern Miracle 27
8. III. Uruguay, 1810–1900: From Artigas to Ariel 41
9. IV. Chile, 1810–1910: From Liberation to Dependency 57
10. Part Two. From Development to Depression
11. V. Argentina: Fall from Euphoria, 1910–1940 75
12. VI. Uruguay, the First Welfare State, 1903–1942 104
13. VII. Chile from Centenary to World War II, 1910–1942 133
14. VIII. Interwar Comparisons 156
15. Part Three. From World War II to the Upheavals of 1973 and Their Aftermath
16. IX. Postwar Disarray in the Southern Cone 183
17. X. The Perón Regime and Its Legacy 202
18. XI. The Perón Era: Fragmentation and Finale 228
19. XII. Uruguay: From Democracy to Dictatorship, 1942–1973 256
20. XIII. Poverty, Progress, and Politics in Chile, 1942–1970 288
21. XIV. Socialism in Chile: An Unfinished Experiment 311
22. XV. Aftermath of the Upheavals of 1973 333
23. Part Four. United States Relations with the Southern Cone
24. XVI. Relations through World War II 355
25. XVII. The Cold War Generation: Hegemony or Leadership? 389
26. Appendix 431
27. Bibliographical Notes 435
28. Index 453