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Chile and Argentina
- Author
- Mark Szuchman
- Narrator
- Richard C. Hottelet
- Publish Date
- 30 April 2006
- Run Time
- 2 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The "southern cone" of South America has a vibrant yet checkered history. Argentina in 1920 was a productive and wealthy nation, yet by the 1980s was reduced to virtual third world status. Chile has a long history of internal strife, usually with representative politics until authoritarians seized power in 1973. Chile was influenced by Spanish conquerors; Argentina's Italian and German immigrants made it the most "European" of any South American country.
The World's Political Hot Spots series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world's most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today's headlines, and tensions have recently become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to ten centuries of background, revealing how and why today's problems occur.
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Details
- Author
- Mark Szuchman
- Narrator
- Richard C. Hottelet
- Duration
- 2 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 April 2006
- ISBN
- 9781481543637
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- History of the Americas, Education, History, Politics and government, International relations
Synopsis
The "southern cone" of South America has a vibrant yet checkered history. Argentina in 1920 was a productive and wealthy nation, yet by the 1980s was reduced to virtual third world status. Chile has a long history of internal strife, usually with representative politics until authoritarians seized power in 1973. Chile was influenced by Spanish conquerors; Argentina's Italian and German immigrants made it the most "European" of any South American country.The World's Political Hot Spots series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world's most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today's headlines, and tensions have recently become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to ten centuries of background, revealing how and why today's problems occur.
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