From frontiers to football an alternative history of Latin America since 1800 / Matthew Brown.

Author/creator Brown, Matthew, 1975-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : Reaktion Books, 2014.
Description248 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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Contents Goodbye, Colonial Worlds: Independence -- Building Nations, Looking for Models -- Raw Materials, Raw Wounds -- New Exchanges, New Markets -- Beneath a New Empire -- Latin America in the Cold War -- Violence and Exoticism -- Unleashed from Empire?
Abstract With Brazil hosting the FIFA World Cup this summer and the Olympic Games in 2016, all eyes are on Latin America. But what vision of these countries will we be given? Will our airwaves be full of cultural stereotypes about Latin Americans and inaccurate interpretations of the region's position in the world? In From Frontiers to Football, Matthew Brown provides a much-needed historical analysis to rebut misconceptions about Latin America's past while giving readers the tools with which to understand the region's complex present.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 230-239) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016436657
ISBN9781780233536
ISBN1780233531