TY - BOOK AU - Reid,Michael TI - Forgotten continent: the battle for Latin America's soul SN - 9780300116168 (alk. paper) AV - F1414.3 .R35 2007 U1 - 980.03/8 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New Haven [Conn.] PB - Yale University Press KW - Democracy KW - Latin America KW - History KW - sears KW - Politics and government KW - 1980- KW - Economic conditions KW - 1982- N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-365) and index; The forgotten continent -- The Latin American conundrum -- The seed of democracy in the land of the caudillo -- Cold War and revolution : the United States and the left reject democracy -- Failed reformers, debt-ridden dictators : the right rejects democracy -- The rise and fall of the Washington consensus -- The populist challenge -- The reformist response -- Changing societies -- Evolving states -- The stubborn resilience of flawed democracies -- The loneliness of Latin America; New York Times; Adult; Follett Library Resources; Adult N2 - Reid offers his perspective on the political and economic choices of Latin America from 1810 to the present ER -