Latin America
eBook - PDF

Latin America

Regions and People

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Latin America

Regions and People

About this book

Popular among students for its engaging, accessible style, this text provides an authoritative overview of Latin America's human geography as well as its regional complexity. Extensively revised to reflect the region's ongoing evolution in the first decades of the 21st century, the second edition's alternating thematic and regional chapters trace Latin America's historical development while revealing the diversity of its people and places. Coverage encompasses cultural history, environment and physical geography, urban development, agriculture and land use, social and economic processes, and the contemporary patterns of the Latin American diaspora. Pedagogical features include vivid topical vignettes, end-of-chapter recommended readings and other resources, and 217 photographs, maps, and figures.

New to This Edition
*Discussions of climate change and its impacts, the demise of the Monroe doctrine, neoliberal agriculture, the growing influence of Chinese investment, and other new topics.
*13 new vignettes highlighting current issues such as the thaw in United States-Cuba relations, drug violence in Mexico, aerial gondolas in the Andes, and the first Latin pope.
*Annotated website and film recommendations for most chapters.
*The latest development trends, population and economic data, and current events of local and global significance.
*26 new photographs, maps, and figures.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Preface to the Second Edition
  7. Contents
  8. 1. Introduction
  9. 2. Latin America as a Culture Region
  10. 3. The Environment
  11. 4. The Hispanic Caribbean
  12. 5. Peopling Latin America to 1820
  13. 6. The Mesa Central of Mexico
  14. 7. Early Cities and Urban Development
  15. 8. The Andes
  16. 9. Migration, Population Change, and Race
  17. 10. The Central Valley of Chile
  18. 11. The Central American Highlands
  19. 12. Land and People since the Conquest
  20. 13. Brazil's Atlantic Coastal Plain
  21. 14. Contemporary Cities and Urban Patterns
  22. 15. The Southern Brazilian Highlands
  23. 16. Latin American Development in Perspective
  24. 17. The Pampa
  25. 18. Latin America in the World Economy
  26. 19. The Amazon Basin
  27. 20. The Latin American Diaspora
  28. 21. Conclusion
  29. Chapter References
  30. Index
  31. About the Author