Understanding contemporary Latin America

Author(s)

• Hillman, Richard S.

Bibliographic Information

Understanding contemporary Latin America

edited by Richard S. Hillman

（Understanding : introductions to the states and regions of the contemporary world / Donald L. Gordon, series editor）

Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997

• : hc
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This text treats the crucial issues facing Latin America in the advent of the 21st century. Designed as a core text for "Introduction to Latin America" courses, it can also be used effectively as a supplemental reader in a wide variety of discipline-orientated curriculums. The authors provide up-to-date, thorough analyses not only of history, politics and economics, but also of class, ethnicity, the role of women, religious beliefs, education and cultural expression, and the environment. Each topic is covered with reference to the latest available scholarship. Encouraging an appreciation of Latin America as an area profoundly influenced by colonial legacies, developmental transitions, and the democratisation of formerly authoritarian systems, grappling now with the critical problems caused by shifting demographics, wide-spread poverty, inflation, international debt, corruption and narcotrafficking, this text reveals the complexity of Latin America's challenges, their global impact, and the prospects for the future of the region.

Table of Contents

• Latin America: A Geographic Preface, S. Pelletier
• The Historical Context, R. de la Pedraja
• Latin American Politics, T. J. D'Agostino
• The Military, P. W. Zagorski
• The Economies of Latin America, R. Harper and A. Cuzan
• International Relations, C. Fraser
• The Environment, Population and Urbanisation, R. P. Guimaraes
• Patterns of Ethnicity and Class, K. A. Yelvington
• The Role of Women, S. Tiano
• Education and Development, R. F. Arnove, S. Franz, K. Morse and C. A. Torres
• Religion in Latin America, M. Fleet
• Latin American Literature, D. Bost and M. Ekstrom
• International Relations, C. Frasier
• Trends and Prospects, R. S. Hillman.

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Details

• NCID: BA29243347
• ISBN:
  • 1555875467
  • 1555875750
• LCCN: 96002712
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boulder, CO
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 373 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F1408
  • DC20 : 980
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Latin America
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA28841445