Understanding Contemporary Latin America

by Hillman, Richard S.

• ISBN13: 9781588263414
• ISBN10: 158826341X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-30
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub

Summary

Thoroughly updated to reflect recent events and trends, this new edition of Understanding Contemporary Latin America treats the range of issues facing the region in the first decade of the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Preface	xiii
Introduction	1	(12)
Richard S. Hillman
Latin America: A Geographic Preface	13	(28)
Marie Price
Physical Setting	16	(12)
Human Geography of Latin America	28	(13)
The Historical Context	41	(26)
Rene de la Pedraja
The Conquest	41	(3)
The Colonial Period	44	(6)
Portuguese Brazil	50	(3)
The Bourbon Era	53	(1)
Independence	54	(9)
Conclusion	63	(4)
Latin American Politics	67	(50)
Thomas J. D'Agostino
The Postindependence Era	68	(2)
Early Modernization and Dictatorial Rule	70	(5)
The Modern Era	75	(4)
Revolutionary Change	79	(10)
The Rise of Bureaucratic Authoritarianism	89	(6)
Democratization	95	(17)
Conclusion	112	(5)
The Military	117	(28)
Paul W. Zagorski
The Historical Legacy of Civil-Military Relations in Latin America	117	(7)
The Emergence of the New Professionalism	124	(5)
The Postnational Security State: Real Change or the Same Old Thing?	129	(13)
Conclusion	142	(3)
The Economies of Latin America	145	(32)
Richard K. Harper
Alfred G. Cuzan
The Pre-Columbian Economies	145	(1)
The Colonial Economies	146	(2)
From Independence to the Great Depression	148	(1)
ISI, Economic Nationalism, and Populism	149	(5)
The Lost Decade	154	(5)
Turning the Corner---the 1990s	159	(3)
Indicators of Economic Development	162	(8)
Latin America in the World Economy	170	(2)
Conclusion	172	(5)
International Relations	177	(32)
Cleveland Fraser
Organizing Concepts	180	(4)
Historical Legacies	184	(4)
The Cold War Era	188	(3)
Dependency and Debt	191	(2)
The 1980s	193	(3)
The Post-Cold War Era	196	(6)
The Future	202	(7)
The Environment, Population, and Urbanization	209	(28)
Susan E. Place
Jacqueline Chase
Pre-Columbian Cultures and Latin America's Environment	210	(1)
The Columbian Exchange	211	(1)
Demographic and Environmental Change in the Colonial Era	212	(3)
Independence and the Neoliberal Era	215	(1)
Globalization and the Environment	215	(6)
Urbanization in Latin America	221	(9)
Population: Distribution, Fertility, and Mortality	230	(4)
Conclusion	234	(3)
Patterns of ``Race,'' Ethnicity, Class, and Nationalism	237	(36)
Kevin A. Yelvington
Defining Key Terms	241	(4)
Foundations of Ethnicity, Class, and Nationalism	245	(7)
Contemporary Patterns	252	(12)
Conclusion	264	(9)
Women, Work, and Politics	273	(40)
Susan Tiano
Production, Reproduction, and the Gender Division of Labor	276	(1)
Women in Latin American History	277	(7)
Women in the Formal Labor Force	284	(15)
Women in Latin American Politics	299	(7)
Conclusion	306	(7)
Education and Development	313	(30)
Robert F. Arnove
Stephen Franz
Kimberly Morse Cordova
Changing Notions of Development	314	(1)
Education and Technology	315	(3)
Expanding Educational Opportunities	318	(4)
Education and the Debt Crisis	322	(11)
Popular Education and Other Educational Innovations	333	(4)
Mass Media and Education	337	(1)
Education and Democracy in Latin America	338	(1)
Conclusion	339	(4)
Religion in Latin America	343	(32)
Michael Fleet
Catholicism	346	(14)
Protestantism	360	(7)
Spiritism	367	(4)
Conclusion	371	(4)
Latin American Literature	375	(26)
David H. Bost
Margaret V. Ekstrom
The Colonial Heritage	375	(8)
The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries	383	(7)
Magical Realism and the Boom	390	(4)
Brazil and the Circum-Caribbean	394	(2)
Popular Culture	396	(5)
Trends and Prospects	401	(12)
Richard S. Hillman
List of Acronyms	413	(2)
Appendix 1: Basic Political Data	415	(8)
Appendix 2: List of Nonindependent Territories	423	(2)
The Contributors	425	(2)
Index	427	(22)
About the Book	449