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Biografisk notat
Salvatore Bizzarro is Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages at the Colorado College, where he has taught Latin American Literature and courses on Italian Literature and culture for 46 years, retiring in 2015. He was the founder of The Mexico and the Italian abroad programs, initiated in 1971 (Mexico) and I989 (Italy). He also co-taught a course for more than a decade on Literature and the Mass Media in Chile with Antonio Skármeta.This two-volume Historical Dictionary of Chile covers the economy and the environment,
political parties and history, and reprehensible period of dictatorship during a crucial
time in Chile’s history. The end of the iron-fist rule of Augusto Pinochet, who ruled
from 1973 until 1990, however, allowed a return to democratic rule, and the country
kept searching for coherence and unity in national life among diverse and often
discordant elements.
This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Chile contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Chile.
List of maps/illustrations/photographs
Editor’s Forward
Preface
Acknowledgements
Reader’s Notes
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
The Dictionary
Bibliography
About the Author
The Historical Dictionaries of Latin America series has been changed to the Historical Dictionaries of the Americas in order to broaden the scope of the series. With a population of about a billion people, covering North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean, the Americas are a very large portion of the world and an exceedingly important one. While not the most populous, although the figures are growing rapidly, it is a powerhouse economically, in the north but also increasingly the south. And politically the countries are usually among the top players. The politics of this area range from democracy to dictatorships. Its not only a vast but also a variegated region, with some giant countries and some that are exceedingly small, some advancing rapidly economically and others struggling. Each of the historical dictionaries looks at the specific country or region very carefully and reports its findings in several different ways, all of which combine to create a better understanding. A general overview is provided in the introduction while the history is charted year by year in the chronology. But the bulk of the information comes in hundreds of cross-referenced entries on important persons, places, events and institutions relating to their history, politics, economy and culture. A list of acronyms makes it easier to follow the text while a bibliography directs readers towards numerous other, often more specialized sources.
Series Editor: Jon Woronoff