Latin America

Its Problems and Its Promise: A Multidisciplinary Introduction

By: Jan Knippers Black

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Paperback | 3 August 2010 | Edition Number 5

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Now in a fifth edition, Latin America has been updated to reflect the region's growing optimism as economies stabilize, trade diversifies, and political systems become more participatory. This multidisciplinary survey of Latin American history, politics, and society features invited contributions from authorities in a variety of fields. New sections address current events including deforestation in Costa Rica and Brazil, emerging social movements, Ecuador's new constitution, and Obama's stated objectives to repair U.S. relations with the region. In addition, key topics, such as women and Latin American politics, socialist governments and anti-American sentiment, Argentina's deteriorating economy, and Colombia's struggle with military and narcotics issues, receive expanded and revitalized treatment. Other updated material covers outcomes of recent elections in Bolivia, Brazil, and Nicaragua, among others. Through a hybrid thematic and regional organization, this text provides an essential foundation for introductory courses on Latin America.

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Praise for Previous Editions "Jan Knippers Black's revised fourth edition updates this reader to include modern issues ranging from the traumatic impact of drugs to debt, threats to distinctive ecological zones, new populist political parties and social movements and their attendant social and economic crisis, and more. This book continues to be a popular reader for classroom use." -Colonial Latin American Historical Review "Prof. Jan Knippers Black's updated textbook is the ideal resource for any interdisciplinary survey of Latin America. It's new chapters are especially welcome in the sense that the more current trends in interdisciplinary research on Latin America are brought to the reader's attention clearly and forcefully. The regional comprehensiveness of the book is preserved in the current edition, and its thoughtful division between content areas and country case studies successfully addresses competing visions of how the region should be studied, and its organizational structure provides excellent material for debating and critiquing the pedagogies of Latin American Studies." -James D. Huck, Tulane University's Stone Center for Latin American Studies

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List of Maps, Tables, Figures, and Illustrations	p. ix
Introduction: Latin America Leading the Learning Curve	p. 1
The Land and the People
Landscape and Settlement Patterns	p. 23
The Indian Populations of Latin America	p. 39
A Harmonizing and Disharmonizing Human and Natural Environments	p. 56
Historical Setting
Colonial Latin America	p. 77
Latin America Since Independence: An Overview	p. 86
Economic and Social Structures
Latin American Economies Restructure, Again	p. 101
Social Structure and Change in Latin America	p. 117
Strategies and Trends in Latin American Activism	p. 138
Political Processes and Trends
Participation and Political Process: The Collapsible Pyramid	p. 159
Women and Latin American Politics: Participation, Citizenship, and Democracy	p. 190
Globalization, Insecurity, and Crisis in the Americas	p. 207
External Relations
International Relations in Latin America: Conflict and Cooperation	p. 229
The United States and Latin America: Into a New Era	p. 244
Mexico and Central America
Mexico: A Revolution Laid to Rest?	p. 273
Central America: From Revolution to ôLow-Intensity Democraciesö	p. 302
Panama and the Canal	p. 324
Cuba and the Caribbean
The Cuban Revolution	p. 339
The Caribbean: The Structure of Modern-Conservative Societies	p. 364
The Andes
Colombia's Split-Level Realities	p. 381
Venezuela: The Challenge to a ôModel Democracyö	p. 399
Ecuador: Political Turmoil, Social Mobilization, and a Turn Toward the Left	p. 413
Peru: Precarious Democracy amid Dependent Development in a Divided Nation	p. 429
Bolivia: An Indigenous Movement Consolidates Power	p. 443
Brazil and the Southern Cone
Brazil: From Military Regime to Workers' Party Government	p. 457
Chile: The Development, Breakdown, and Recovery of Democracy	p. 488
Argentina: Decline and Revival	p. 524
Uruguay and Paraguay: An Arduous Transition	p. 538
Conclusion: A New Kind of Togetherness	p. 564
Acknowledgments	p. 581
About the Book, Editor, and Contributors	p. 583
Index	p. 591
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