SR Books' two popular Human Tradition in Latin America titles,
covering nineteenth- and twentieth-century history, have been combined
into one exciting new volume. The most compelling chapters from these
books are now presented in The Human Tradition in Modern Latin
America. From the turbulent struggles for independence in the 1800s to
the profound and often overwhelming transformations that have
accompanied modernization in this century, The Human Tradition in
Modern Latin America personalizes the impact that revolution, economic
upheaval, urbanization, the destruction of community life, and the
disruption of both traditional family and gender roles have had on Latin
Americans. Nowhere else can such varied portraits be found as in these
diverse and carefully researched essays written by leading scholars.