Faces of Latin America
By: Duncan Green with Sue Branford
Contributors: Branford, Sue
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781583673249; 9781583673256
Subjects: Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Map of Latin America and the Caribbean; title: 1. The curse of wealth : economics; title: History and power; title: The commodity trade; title: Silent revolution : market economics; title: 2. Ballots and bullets : the state, the military, and politics; title: The state and the military; title: The Left in Latin America; title: 3. Land, the city, and environment; title: Promised land : landownership, power, and conflict; title: Mean streets : migration and life in the city; title: A land in flames : the environment; title: 4. Identity and rights; title: Race and ethnicity; title: Gender and politics; title: Social movements and the struggle for change; title: 5. Culture and religion; title: Writing on the wall : culture, identity, and politics; title: Thy kingdom come : the Church; title: Chronologies.