The Cambridge History of Latin America, Volume 7This is an authoritative large-scale history of the whole of Latin America, from the first contacts between native American peoples and Europeans in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to the present day. |
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Page 176
A new constitution , drawn up by a constitutional assembly with a conservative
majority in 1949 , did away with the army and established in its place a rural
National Guard and urban police forces . Figueres ' transitional government was
then ...
A new constitution , drawn up by a constitutional assembly with a conservative
majority in 1949 , did away with the army and established in its place a rural
National Guard and urban police forces . Figueres ' transitional government was
then ...
Page 263
Hence , when a section of the army overthrew the now highly unpopular
President in October 1960 and established a junta with civilian technocrats and
sympathizers of democratic reform , there was apprehension but no immediate
resistance ...
Hence , when a section of the army overthrew the now highly unpopular
President in October 1960 and established a junta with civilian technocrats and
sympathizers of democratic reform , there was apprehension but no immediate
resistance ...
Page 511
Once he had gained political power , Trujillo eliminated economic competition
and established a series of state monopolies . In a 1931 he imposed a monopoly
on the production and sale of salt by using his position as president to pass a law
...
Once he had gained political power , Trujillo eliminated economic competition
and established a series of state monopolies . In a 1931 he imposed a monopoly
on the production and sale of salt by using his position as president to pass a law
...
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Contents
Mexico c 193046 | 5 |
Mexico since 1946 | 83 |
an overview | 161 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Cambridge History of Latin America, Volume 7 The Cambridge History of Latin America, Leslie Bethell |
| Editor | Leslie Bethell |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1984 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Sep 2009 |
| ISBN | 0521245184, 9780521245180 |
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