When the First World War broke out in Europe, Latin Americans of all social stra…
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Survey Articles (Regional)
Regional
Latin America
By Stefan Rinke, Karina Kriegesmann
Regional Thematic Articles
Regional Thematic
Historiography 1918-Today (Latin America)
By Stefan Rinke
Scholarship on Latin American history has for decades largely ignored the First …
Regional Thematic
Labour Movements, Trade Unions and Strikes (Latin America)
By Stefan Rinke
Latin America experienced massive social unrest during the war years. The disast…
Regional Thematic
Making Sense of the War (Latin America)
By Michael Goebel, María Inés Tato
The First World War significantly impacted Latin American intellectuals’ view on…
Regional Thematic
Post-war Economies (Latin America)
By Victor Bulmer-Thomas
Latin American countries continued to pursue export-led growth after the First W…
Regional Thematic
Press (Latin America)
By Patricia Vega Jiménez
Latin America experienced the Great War, which consumed Europe between 1914 and …
Regional Thematic
Propaganda War (Latin America)
By Stefan Rinke
Latin America was a major battlefield for worldwide propaganda because the conti…
Regional Thematic
Social Movements (Latin America)
By Stefan Rinke
The workers were the primary instigators of social strife in Latin America durin…
Encyclopedic Entries
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ABC Pact (Alliance between Argentina, Brazil and Chile)
By Hélène Veber
On 25 May 1915, Argentina’s, Brazil’s and Chile’s ministers of foreign affairs s…
Entry
Anarchism (Latin America)
By Edilene Toledo, Luigi Biondi
The diffusion of anarchism in Latin America, which began in the 1870s, was boost…
Entry
Falklands, Battle of the
By Paul G. Halpern
During the Battle of the Falklands, the British naval force commanded by Admiral…
Entry
Luxburg Affair
By Stefan Rinke
Named after the German chargé d’affaires in Buenos Aires, Count Karl von Luxburg…
Entry
Yrigoyen, Hipólito
By María Inés Tato
Hipólito Yrigoyen was president of Argentina during a critical moment of the Fir…
