Molding the Hearts and Minds: Education, Communications, and Social Change in Latin America

In this work, 17 essays by leading scholars examine how education has influenced the history of Latin America, from the restricted schools of the early 19th century to today’s bureaucracy. The essays are divided into sections covering the past two centuries: The Colonial Legacy and the 19th Century ; Universities in Ferment ; Revolution ; and The Problems of Institutionalisation . Presenting the latest research on an often underestimated source of influence, this volume should be of interest to historians, Latin Americanists and scholars studying development in the Third World.