William F. Sater is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Long Beach.

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-1880s: 4. A time of progress, 1830s-1870s; 5. The liberal impulse, 1841-76; 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, 1920-38; 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-2000s: 11. Revolution in liberty, 1964-70; 12. The Chilean road to socialism, 1970-73; 13. The Pinochet years; 14. Re-encounter with history, 1990-2002; 15. Adapting to the twenty first century 2002 - 2018.