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Updated and revised with many new detailed maps and photographs, this sixth edition enables geographers to explore the changes and major issues facing this dynamic region today. The historical material has been streamlined in order to focus on contemporary issues. Key environmental issues are highlighted in new boxes throughout the chapters. The Systematic surveys have been restructured. New profiles of Latin American countries and major issues are also covered. This approach will help geographers visit the dynamic people and places of Latin America.


Introducing Latin America
Political Stability
Modernizing Trends
Defining Latin America
Export Economies
Democracy and Development
Overview of Systemic Chapters
Overview of Regional Chapters
Review Questions

Systematic Survey

Physical Environments And Environmental Issues
Latin America in the Global Environmental System
Environmental History
Environmental Hazards
Tectonic Plates and Structural Regions
Major Climate and Vegetation Regions
Air Masses and Atmospheric Circulation
Distribution of Precipitation
Soil Types
Natural Vegetation Types
River Systems
Environmental Determinism
Sustainable Development
Latin America and Global Warming
Review Questions

Historical And Cultural Geography
Introduction
1491: Early American Peoples, Economies and Societies
Farming in 1491
The Shaping of the Atlantic World
Centers of European Conquest and Settlement
Impact of Encounter and Colonial Rule
Columbian Exchange
Economy and Society
Colonial Transport Patterns
Urban Patterns
Cultural Patterns and Cultural Landscapes
The Age of Revolution: New Political Geographies
Economic Booms in the Nineteenth Century
Summary
Review Question

International Relations And Global Affairs
Introduction
The Origins of Boundaries and Countries
Geopolitics
Relations between Latin American States
Latin America and the United States
Impact of World War I
The Great Depression
World War II
The Cold War
ISI in the 1960s - Stagflation in the 1970s - the Lost Decade of the 1980s - Growth in the 1990s
More U.S. Interventions
The End of the Cold War
Post Nine Eleven (9/11)
Globalization
Review Questions

People And Society
Introduction: Change since 1945
Population Density
Distribution
The Demographic Transition
Population Migration
Living Standards: Quality and Inequality
Women and Society
Education in Latin America
National Identities, Ethnicity and Race
Indigenous Issues
Review Questions

Evolving Economies And Globilaztion
Introduction
Economic Policies
Sectors of the Economy
The Primary Sector
The Manufacturing Sector
The Service Sector
International Economic Groupings in Latin America
Summary
Review Questions

The Contemporary City
Urban Growth since 1950
Migration to the City
Life in the City
Challenges
Summary
Review Questions
Models Of Urban Structure

Regional Survey: Middle America

Caribbean Contrasts
Physical Environments and Hazards
The Making of the Island Caribbean
The Contemporary Caribbean
Economies
The Greater Antilles
The Lesser Antilles
Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (Guyane
Summary
Review Questions

Modernizing Mexico
The Ties that Bind
Physical Landscapes and Environmental Pressures
Origins of the Contemporary Landscape
Regions of Mexico
The Independent North
The Central Metropolitan Axis
The Southern Poverty Belt
Challenges to Modernity
Review Questions

Central America: The Search For Unity
Introduction
Physical Environment
Origins of the Contemporary Landscape
The Modern Era
Guatemala
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Belize
Panama and the Panama Canal
Summary
Review Questions

Regional Survey: South America

Andean America
Colombia
Venezuela
The Central Andes: Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia
The Southern Andes: Chile
Review Questions

Brazil And Brazilian Amazonia
Introduction
The Physical Background
Historical Development
Political Economy
The Agricultural Economy
Social Geography
Regional Disparity
Political Issues
Brazilian Amazonia: The Physical Setting
Human Ecology: The Place of Humankind in the Amazonian Biosphere
Recent Human Activity
Problems and Promise of Amazonia
Review Questions

Argentina, Uruguay, And Paraguay
Introduction
Physical Geography
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
Summary
Review Questions
Glossary
Further Reading
Photo Credits
Index
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