Placing Latin America

Contemporary Themes in Geography

Edward L. Jackiewicz, Fernando J. Bosco

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2020
• Edition: 4
• eBook ISBN:
  9781538126318
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Global Politics
• Index: Social Sciences

Placing Latin America offers a thematic approach to the study of the diverse geographies of a globalizing region. This comprehensive text focuses on the dynamic connections between people, places, and environments rather than on predefined notions about the region. The book's well-rounded and accessible analysis includes discussions of borders and migration, transnationalism and globalization, urbanization and landscapes of cities, the connections between economic development and political change, the physical environment and human-environmental interactions, and natural resources in the context of a global economy. The authors also explore social and cultural themes such as the illegal drug trade, social movements, tourism, and children and young people. Providing a nuanced and clear perspective, this book will be an invaluable guide for all those interested in the politics, economy, and society of a rapidly changing continent.

Table of contents

• List of Figures, Tables, and Textboxes
• Introduction to the Fourth Edition
• Chapter 1: Imagining and Creating Latin America as a Region
• Chapter 2: Historical Geography: Five Hundred Years of Change from Within and Without
• Chapter 3: Global Challenges, Regional Change, and Persistent Inequalities: An Overview of Latin America’s Political Economy
• Chapter 4: Economic and Geopolitical Vulnerabilities and Opportunities
• Chapter 5: Latin American Cities: Transitions and Transformations
• Chapter 6: Cities and Sustainability: Neoliberal Urban Governance and Policy Initiatives
• Chapter 7: Physical Geography: The Human-Environment Context
• Chapter 8: Natural Resources: Booms and Busts between Nationalism and Neoliberalism
• Chapter 9: Genetically Modified Crops and the Remaking of Latin America’s Food Landscape
• Chapter 10: Mass and Alternative Tourisms in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Chapter 11: Drugs’ Place in Latin America’s Geographies
• Chapter 12: Children and Young People: Inequality, Rights, and Empowerment
• Chapter 13: Latin American Social Movements: Places, Scales, and Networks of Action
• Chapter 14: Regional Geographies of the US-Mexico Border
• Chapter 15: Transnational Latin America: Movements, Places, and Displacements
• About the Contributors