Latin America : regions and people / Robert B. Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, Robert B.

Series:

Texts in regional geography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geography.

Latin America--Geography.

Latin America.

Latin America--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Latin America--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xiv, 480 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Guilford Press, 2016.

Summary:

Popular Among Students for its Engaging, Accessible Style, This Text Provides an Authoritative Overview or 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 editions 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Latin America as a culture region

The environment

The Hispanic Caribbean

Peopling Latin America to 1820

The mesa central of Mexico

Early cities and urban development

The Andes

Migration, population change, and race

The central valley of Chile

The Central American highlands

Land and people since the conquest

Brazil's Atlantic coastal plain

Contemporary cities and urban patterns

The southern Brazil highlands

Latin American development in perspective

The pampa

Latin America in the world economy

The Amazon basin

The Latin American diaspora

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781462525508

1462525504

9781462525515

1462525512

OCLC:

927438957