Latin America at your fingertips.
Welcome to the companion website for the eighth edition of Oxford’s Modern Latin
America. This website was developed by students at Brown University working with Professor James N. Green in the course “Modern Latin America” and is hosted by Brown University Libraries.
Here you will find a comprehensive set of materials that are integrally connected to the textbook. The website offers pathways into themes introduced in Modern Latin America, presents sample essays that students have written based on course work, and serves as a guide to further study and research.
For students and general readers:
- A timeline of key events
- Lists of heads of state organized by country
- Primary sources on nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century Latin America
- Model student essays based on topics studied in the course
- Access to Latin American travelogues with companion essays
- Questions for review
- Suggestions for further reading
- Recommended films on Latin America by country
About the Authors of Modern Latin America:
Thomas E. Skidmore is Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. He is the author of Politics in Brazil, 1930–1964, 2nd ed. (OUP, 2007), Brazil: Five Centuries of Change, 2nd ed. (OUP, 2009), Black into White: Race and Nationality in Brazilian Thought (OUP, 1974), and The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964-85 (OUP, 1988).
Peter H. Smith is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Simon Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Democracy in Latin America, 2nd ed. (OUP, 2012) and Talons of the Eagle, 4th ed. (OUP, 2013).
James N. Green is Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Professor of Latin American History at Brown University. He is the author of Beyond Carnival: Male Homosexuality in Twentieth-century Brazil (Chicago, 1999), We Cannot Remain Silent: Opposition to the Brazilian Military Dictatorship in the United States (Duke, 2010), and a co-editor of The Brazil Reader: History, Politics, and Culture, 2nd ed. (Duke, 2014).
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Website Content and Design:
Cameron S. Parsons is an undergraduate at Brown University, concentrating in Latin American and Caribbean Studies. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Brown Journal of World Affairs, and the co-founder and Executive Editor of the Brown Human Rights Report.
Adam Waters is an undergraduate at Brown University, concentrating in History with a focus on U.S.-Latin American relations.
Clemente B. Vila is an undergraduate at Brown University, concentrating in International Relations with a focus on Latin American political economy.
Mark Baumer received a Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Brown University and is a Web Content Support Specialist for the Brown Library. He has taught Creative Writing at Brown and has designed websites for a number of years.