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Leslie Bethell

    Leslie Bethell est professeur émérite d'histoire latino-américaine, dont les recherches portent sur l'histoire politique, sociale et culturelle de la région, en particulier du Brésil, aux XIXe et XXe siècles. Il est largement reconnu comme le rédacteur en chef de la monumentale Cambridge History of Latin America en douze volumes, une œuvre saluée comme une référence et une synthèse faisant autorité dans le domaine. Ses analyses offrent des perspectives profondes sur les forces historiques complexes et les changements culturels qui ont façonné l'Amérique latine. Les recherches approfondies et les contributions éditoriales de Bethell en ont fait une figure clé pour comprendre le passé complexe du continent.

    Cambridge History of Latin America: Cuba
    Brazil: Essays on History and Politics
    • Brazil: Essays on History and Politics

      • 232pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Published to mark his 80th birthday, this volume is the first collected compendium of the work of Professor Leslie Bethell and consists of seven essays on major themes in modern Brazilian history and politics. The essays are new, but draw from his classic published works: book chapters and journal articles, and public lectures delivered in the ten years since his retirement.

      Brazil: Essays on History and Politics
    • Cambridge History of Latin America: Cuba

      A Short History

      • 184pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      Cuba: A Short History brings together four chapters from Volumes 3, 5, and 7 of The Cambridge History of Latin America to provide for scholars, students and general readers a concise history of this important island nation. Contributors, top scholars in the field, trace the political, economic, and social development of Cuba from the middle of the eighteenth century to the present day. The concluding chapter, updated for this volume, considers the dilemmas and challenges that Castro's Cuba faces in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay that many readers will find useful.

      Cambridge History of Latin America: Cuba