U.S. imperialism/hegemony and Latin American resistance / Alan Knight -- "We are heirs-apparent to the Romans" : imperial myths and indigenous status / Gregory Evans Dowd -- Slavery, abolition, and empire / John Richard Oldfield -- The finances of hegemony in Latin America : debt negotiations and the role of the U.S. government, 1945-2005 / Carlos Marichal -- Beyond hegemony : Zapatismo, empire, and dissent / Neil Harvey -- Colonialism and ethnic resistance in Bolivia : a view from the coca markets / Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui -- High stakes in Brazil : can democracy take on empire? / Jeffrey W. Rubin -- From Menem to Kirchner : national autonomy and social movements in Argentina / Daniel A. Cieza -- The Hugo Chávez phenomenon : anti-imperialism from above or radical democracy from below? / Steve Ellner.