Table of Contents
Preface
Overview
Part I. Argument:
1. Examining the importance of epochs
2. Debt games and play: toward a model of debt rescheduling
3. A situational theory of payoffs and intervention decisions
4. A theory of situational change
Part II. Epoch 1: the 1820s to the 1860s:
5. The intersection of high and low politics: Mexican debt rescheduling, 1824 to 1867
6. Guano makes the world go 'round: Peruvian debt rescheduling, 1823 to 1850s
Part III. Epoch 2: the 1860s to the 1910s:
7. From stability to chaos: Mexican debt rescheduling, 1867 to 1914
8. To the victor go the spoils (and headaches): Peruvian debt rescheduling, 1875 to 1900s
Part IV. Epoch 3: the 1910s to the 1950s:
9. Riding on the storm: Mexican debt rescheduling, 1916 to 1942
10. Years of false hope: Peruvian debt negotiations, 1930 to 1953
Part V. Epoch 4: the 1970s to the 1990s:
11. The good guys get tired: Mexico in the 1980s
12. The politics of confrontation: Peru in the 1980s and 1990s
13. Collision course: Argentina in the 1980s and 1990s
14. The search for independence: Brazil in the 1980s and 1990s
Part VI. Implications:
15. Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography.
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