Ten Keys to Latin America

New York: Vintage Books - Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. A Division of Random House, Inc., 1966. Previous Owner Markings (Including Highlighting); Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers; Moderate Creasing on Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Light Moisture Damage (Staining); Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. An informed and searching analysis of the basic elements in Latin American history and character - essential reading for all who want to understand the crisis there today. BOOK NUMBER: V-312. ALSO KNOWN AS: The following chapters in this book appeared in slightly different form as follows: Chapters 1 through 7 as "Toward an Appreciation of Latin America" in The United States and Latin America, published in 1959 by The American Assembly; Chapter 8 as "The Political Dilemma in Latin America," published in Foreign Affairs for April, 1960; Chapter 9 as "On Political Stability" in Political Science Quarterly for June, 1960; and Chapter 10 as "Castro and Social Change" in the same journal in June, 1962. CONTENTS: 1. The Land and the People 2. Race 3. Religion 4. Regionalism 5. The Hacienda 6. Education 7. Leadership 8. Politics 9. The United States and Latin America 10. Castro and Social Change; Index. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Frank Tannenbaum was born in Poland in 1893. He attended Columbia College, receiving the A.B. degree in 1921. In 1927 he received his Ph.D. from the Robert Brookings Graduate School in Economic and Political Science. He taught at Cornell and lectured at Yale. From 1936 until his retirement in 1961 he was Professor of Latin American History at Columbia University. Over the years Professor Tannenbaum has worked and lectured in Latin America and by one means or another (on mule and afoot, for instance) has traveled the entire region. He has been a newspaper correspondent in Mexico, and a member of various Latin American and North American governmental or private commissions. Earlier books by Frank Tannenbaum include The Labor Movement (1921), The Mexican Agrarian Revolution (1928), Peace by Revolution (1933), Whither Latin America? (1934), Slave and Citizen (1947), and Mexico: The Struggle for Peace and Bread (1950). REVIEWS: "Anything Frank Tannenbaum writes about Latin America is required reading." - Rex D. Hopper, American Sociological Review. "Scholars will welcome the publication of these informative essays in a single volume; and no doubt the book will be well received by a growing number of general readers who have become aware of the importance of Latin America in world affairs." - The American Political Science Review. "A solid background review of contemporary Latin America by an expert who has spent forty years studying the region and writing and lecturing about it." - Foreign Policy Association. "Professor Tannenbaum has given us ten keys to Latin America. They are: the Land and the People, Race, Religion, Regionalism, the Hacienda, Education, Leadership, Politics, the United States and Latin America, and Castro and Social Change . . . Professor Tannenbaum has traveled throughout the Latin American countryside and knows the continent as few Latin Americanists do . . . His remarks are often wise and penetrating." - Hispanic American Report. "Penetrating study of ten facets of Latin American culture and society and their application to the future." - Scholastic Teacher.. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.