Modernity has been a key issue for Latin Americans and Latin
Americanists for decades. Did Latin America come early or late to
modernity? Was modernity imposed from outside the region, or has it been
reinvented from within? Is modernity monolithic or multiple? The
literature on the subject is rich, but-like Latin American modernity
itself is often said to be-it is also fragmented, supplying
contradictory answers to all these crucial questions. When Was Latin
America Modern? is the first work to bring scholars from history, social
science and cultural studies together in a fascinating series of debates
about what it has meant to be modern in Latin America.