Understanding Contemporary Latin America / / ed. by Richard S. Hillman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Amove, Robert F.,; Bost, David H.,; Cuzân, Alfred G.,; D’Agostino, Thomas J.,; Ekstrom, Margaret V.,; Fleet, Michael,; Franz, Stephen,; Fraser, Cleveland,; Guimaräes, Roberto P.,; Harper, Richard K.,; Hillman, Richard S.,; Morse Cordova, Kimberly,; Pedraja, René de la,; Price, Marie,; Tiano, Susan,; Yelvington, Kevin A.,; Zagorski, Paul W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Hillman, Richard S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

A multidisciplinary book designed for use as a core text in Introduction to Latin America courses and also as a supplemental reader in a wide variety of discipline-oriented curriculums

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Maps, Tables, and Figures
• Photographs
• Preface
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Latin America: A Geographic Preface
• 3 The Historical Context
• 4 Latin American Politics
• 5 The Military
• 6 The Economies of Latin America
• 7 International Relations
• 8 The Environment, Population, and Urbanization
• 9 Patterns of "Race," Ethnicity, Class, and Nationalism
• 10 The Role of Women
• 11 Education and Development
• 12 Religion in Latin America
• 13 Latin American Literature
• 14 Trends and Prospects
• Acronyms
• The Contributors
• Index
• About the Book