There are three areas to consider in this seminar: (i) the effect of World War I on the international relations of Latin America, in particular the relationship with European powers and the United States; (ii) the effect of the war on the economies of Latin America; (iii) the reasons for the increase in working class militancy towards the end of the war and its outcome.
B. Albert, South America and the First World War
R. Thorp, 'Economy, 1914-1929', in L. Bethell (ed.), Cambridge History of Latin America, V [also in Bethell (ed.), Latin America, 1870-1930: economy and society
B.I. Kauffman, 'United States Trade and Latin America: the Wilson years', Jnl. Amer. Hist. 58 (1971), 342-363
*R. Miller, Britain and Latin America in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, chap. 8
E.S. Rosenberg, `Anglo-American Economic Rivalry in Brazil during World War I', Diplomatic History 2 (1978), 131-152 [xerox in SJSL, offprint #17906]
E.S. Rosenberg, 'Economic Pressures on Anglo-American Diplomacy in Mexico, 1917-1918', JIASWA 17 (1975), 123-152
*J.S. Tulchin, The Aftermath of War: World War I and US policy toward Latin America
G.F.W. Young, `German Capital Investments in Latin America in World War I', Jahrbuch für Geschichte von Staats... Lateinamerikas 25 (1988), 215-240
*B. Albert & P. Henderson, 'Latin America and the Great War: a preliminary survey of developments in Chile, Peru, Argentina and Brazil', World Devt 9:8 (1981), 717-734
W. Dean, The Industrialization of São Paulo, 1880-1945
*R. Gravil, `The Anglo-Argentine Connexion and the War of 1914-1918', JLAS 9 (1977), 59-84
R. Miller, 'Latin American Manufacturing and the First World War: an exploratory essay', World Devt 9: 8 (1981), 707-716
C.M. Peláez, 'World War I and the Economy of Brazil: some evidence from monetary statistics', Jnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 7 (1977), 683-689
J. Adelman, `State and Labor in Argentina: the port workers of Buenos Aires, 1910-1921', JLAS 25 (1993), 73-102
J. Adelman, ‘Political Ruptures and Organized Labor: Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, 1916-1922’, ILWCH 54 (1998), 103-125
P. Blanchard, The Peruvian Labor Movement, 1883-1919
*R.B. Collier & D. Collier, Shaping the Political Arena: critical junctures, the labor movement, and regime dynamics in Latin America, chapters 3 & 4
P. de Shazo, Urban Workers and Labor Unions in Chile, 1902-1927
*S.L. Maram, `Labor and the Left in Brazil: a movement aborted', HAHR 57 (1977), 254-272
D.S. Parker, ‘Peruvian Politics and the Eight-Hour Day: rethinking the 1919 General Strike’, Canad. Jnl. Hist. 30 (1995), 417-438
D. Rock, Argentine Radicalism, 1890-1930
*H.A. Spalding, Organised Labor in Latin America
J. Wolfe, `Anarchist Ideology, Worker Practice: the 1917 general strike and the formation of São Paulo's working class', HAHR 71 (1991), 809-846