Placing Latin America

by Jackiewicz, Edward L.; Bosco, Fernando J.

• ISBN13: 9780742556430
• ISBN10: 0742556433
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-21
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

An innovative text for students, Placing Latin America takes a thematic approach to the study of the diverse human geographies of Latin America. The book includes a discussion of the current problems of border and migration between the United States, Mexico, and the rest of Latin America, as well as exciting chapters on themes not typically found in other textbooks on the region, such as geographic understandings of the drug trade, tourism landscapes, and even Latin American cinema. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: A Roadmap to Placing Latin America	p. 1
Eras and Errors: A Historical and Geographical Overview of Latin America's Economic and Political Development	p. 17
Neoliberal Exports and Regional Vulnerability: Overview and Critical Assessment	p. 31
Urbanization, Migration, and Employment in Latin America: A Review of Trends	p. 51
Architectural Icons and Urban Form: The Power of Place in Latin America	p. 69
U.S.-Mexico Borderlands	p. 83
Spaces of Tourism	p. 97
Sustainable Development and Ecotourism: General Principles and Eastern Caribbean Case Study	p. 115
Drug Geographies	p. 137
NGOs and Ongoing Changes in Latin American Society	p. 159
The Geographies of Latin American Social Movements	p. 177
Urban Environmental Politics in Latin America	p. 191
Transnational Communities, Identities, and Moving Populations	p. 205
Beyond the Nation-State: Scaling Claims to Latino/a Citizenship in the United States	p. 235
Cinematic Spaces of Latin America	p. 251
Index	p. 269
About the Contributors	p. 273
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