A History of Chile traces the nation's political, economic, and social
evolution from its independence until the 1994 inauguration of President
Eduardo Frei. This book explains how Chile evolved politically from a
nation dominated by a small aristocracy into a democracy, and how it
created an economy which increasingly relied on its factories rather
than solely on its mines. Finally, it describes the development of
Chilean culture, which is a unique fusion of European and Latin American
sources.