Latin America and the Caribbean
Subtitle: a systematic and regional survey
By: [edited by] Brian W. Blouet, Olwyn M. Blouet.
Contributors: Blouet, Brian W., 1936-; Blouet, Olwyn M., 1948-
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9780470387733
Subjects: Latin America; Caribbean Area
Description: "Updated and revised with many new detailed maps and photographs, this sixth edition enables geographers to explore the changes and major issues facing this dynamic region today. The historical material has been streamlined in order to focus on contemporary issues. Key environmental issues are highlighted in new boxes throughout the chapters. The Systematic surveys have been restructured. New profiles of Latin American countries and major issues are also covered. This approach will help geographers visit the dynamic people and places of Latin America"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing Latin America / Brian W. Blouet and Olwyn M. Blouet; title: Economic issues; title: Political stability; title: Modernizing trends; title: Defining Latin America; title: Export economies; title: Democracy and Development; title: Overview of systemic chapters; title: Overview of regional chapters; title: Review questions; title: Systematic survey; title: Physical environments and environmental issues / Brian W. Blouet; title: Latin America in the global environmental system; title: Environmental history; title: Environmental hazards; title: Tectonic plates and structural regions; title: Major climate and vegetation regions; title: Air masses and atmospheric circulation; title: Distribution of precipitation; title: Soil types; title: Natural vegetation types; title: River systems; title: Environmental determinism; title: Sustainable development; title: Latin America and global warming; title: Review questions; title: Historical and cultural geography / Brian W. Blouet, Olwyn M. Blouet, and Charles S. Sargent; title: Introduction; title: 1491: early American peoples, economies, and societies; title: Farming in 1491; title: Hunter-gatherers; title: The shaping of the Atlantic world; title: Centers of European conquest and settlement; title: Impact of encounter and colonial rule; title: The age of revolution : new political geographies; title: Economic booms in the nineteenth century; title: Summary; title: Review questions; title: International relations and global affairs / Brian W. Blouet and Olwyn M. Blouet; title: Introduction; title: The origins of boundaries and countries; title: Geopolitics; title: Relations between Latin American states; title: Latin America and the United States; title: Impact of World War I; title: The Great Depression; title: World War II; title: The Cold War; title: ISI in the 1960s, stagflation in the 1970s, the Lost Decade of the 1980s, and growth in the 1990s; title: More U.S. interventions; title: The end of the Cold War; title: Globalization; title: Review questions; title: People and society / Brian W. Blouet; title: Introduction : change since 1945; title: Population density; title: Distribution; title: The demographic transition; title: Population migration; title: Living standards : quality and inequality; title: Women and society; title: Education in Latin America; title: National identities, ethnicity, and race; title: Indigenous issues; title: Summary; title: Review questions; title: Evolving economies and globalization / Brian W. Blouet; title: Introduction; title: Economic policies; title: Sectors of the economy; title: The primary sector; title: The manufacturing sector; title: The service sector; title: International economic groupings in Latin America; title: Summary; title: Review questions; title: The contemporary city / Alan Gilbert; title: Urban growth since 1950; title: Migration to the city; title: Life in the city; title: Challenges; title: Summary; title: Review questions; title: Models of urban structure / Charles S. Sargent and Brian W. Blouet; title: Mexican border towns; title: Regional survey : middle America; title: Caribbean contrasts / Olwyn M. Blouet; title: Introduction; title: Physical environments and hazards; title: The making of the island Caribbean; title: The Greater Antilles; title: The Lesser Antilles; title: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (Guyane); title: Summary; title: Review questions; title: Modernizing Mexico / Peter Rees; title: The ties that bind; title: Physical landscapes and environmental pressures; title: Origins of the contemporary landscape; title: Regions of Mexico; title: The independent North; title: The central metropolitan axis; title: The Southern poverty belt; title: Challenges to modernity; title: Review questions; title: Central America : the search for unity / Peter Rees; title: Introduction; title: Physical environment; title: Origins of the contemporary landscape; title: The modern era; title: Summary; title: Review questions; title: Regional survey : South America; title: Andean America / Brian W. Blouet; title: Introduction; title: Colombia; title: Venezuela; title: The central Andes : Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia; title: Ecuador; title: Peru; title: Bolivia; title: The southern Andes : Chile; title: Review questions; title: Brazil and Brazilian Amazonia / C. Gary Lobb; title: Introduction; title: The physical background; title: Historical development; title: Political economy; title: Agricultural economy; title: Social geography; title: Regional disparity; title: Political issues; title: Brazilian Amazonia : the physical setting; title: Human ecology : the place of humankind in the Amazonian biosphere; title: Recent human activity; title: Problems and promise of Amazonia; title: Review questions; title: Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay / Charles S. Sargent and Brian W. Blouet; title: Introduction; title: An urban world; title: Physical geography; title: Argentina; title: Uruguay; title: Paraguay; title: Summary; title: Review questions; title: Glossary; title: Further reading; title: Photo credits; title: Index.