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
German versus US Intelligence in Latin America
By Jamie Bisher
Latin America figured prominently in Germany’s global war strategy, though after…
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
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
Coronel, Battle of
By Andreas Leipold
On 1 November 1914, the German East Asiatic Cruiser Squadron defeated the 4th Br…
Entry
Nitrate
By Manuel Bastias Saavedra
Until 1914 natural nitrates were the most important source for the production of…
