Part I. Birth of a Nation-State, 1800s-1830s: 1. Colonial foundations, 1540-1810

2. Independence, 1808-30

3. The Conservative Settlement, 1830-41

Part II. The Rise of a Republic, 1830s-1870s: 4. A time of progress, 1830s-1870s

5. The liberal impulse

6. Crisis and war, 1876-83

Part III. The Nitrate Era, 1880s-1930s: 7. The parliamentary period, 1882-1920

8. The lion and the mule, 1920-1938

Part IV. Industrial Advance and the Dawn of Mass Politics, 1930s-1960s: 9. The radicals, the general of hope, and the lion's son, 1938-64

10. The industrial impulse, 1930s-1960s

Part V. Democracy and Dictatorship, 1960s-1990s: 11. Revolution in liberty, 1964-1970

12. The Chilean road to socialism, 1970-73

13. The Pinochet years

14. Re-encounter with history, 1990-2002.