DANCEST 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Ana Pauker, Economic Inequality, Adam Przeworski
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Latin america: radicalism in politics with dictatorships of the left and right. In most latin american countries the age of formal imperialism passed by the 1830s (although a few caribbean islands still were colonized) Combination of european + natives + africans. Racial prejudice was marked by interracial mixing had been the dorm. The dominant ethnic component were the mestizos, those of mixed european and indian descent. In brazil, where the majority of black slaves had been concentrated, there was far more marriage across color lines than in the u. s. Mulattos had greater opportunity to rise up the social ladder. Although there was independence they were still economically dependent. From the 19th century they had also experienced impressive growth rates, but theirs was. Externally-orientated development" based on foreign demand for south american primary products which helped finance imports of manufactured goods from europe and the u. s. They relied on 1 or 2 commodities.
