TY  - BOOK
AU  - Black,Jan Knippers
TI  - Latin America, Its Problems and Its Promise: A Multidisciplinary Introduction, Second Edition
SN  - 9780429698828
AV  - F1410 .L385 2018 
U1  - 980 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Latin America-History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Maps, Tables, Figures, and Illustrations -- 1. Introduction: Approaches to the Study of Latin America -- PART ONE THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE -- 2. Physical Landscape and Settlement Patterns -- 3. The Indian Populations of Latin America -- PART TWO HISTORICAL SETTING -- 4. Colonial Latin America -- 5. The Continuity of the National Period -- PART THREE CULTURAL EXPRESSION -- 6. Philosophy and the Intellectual Tradition -- 7. Latin American Literature -- 8. Nationalism and Modern Latin American Art -- PART FOUR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES -- 9. Economic Aspects of Latin America -- 10. Social Structure and Social Change in Twentieth-Century Latin America -- PART FIVE POLITICAL PROCESSES AND TRENDS -- 11. Participation and Political Process: The Collapsible Pyramid -- 12. "Normalization," Popular Struggles, and the Receiver State -- PART SIX EXTERNAL RELATIONS -- 13. International Relations in Latin America: Conflict and Cooperation -- 14. United States Policy in Latin America -- 15. Latin America in the World -- PART SEVEN MEXICO -- 16. Mexico: Historical Foundations -- 17. Contemporary Mexico -- PART EIGHT CENTRAL AMERICA AND PANAMA -- 18. Central America: Background to the Crisis -- 19. Central America's Lost Decade -- 20. Panama and the Canal -- PART NINE CUBA AND THE CARIBBEAN -- 21. The Cuban Revolution -- 22. The Caribbean: The Structure of Modern-Conservative Societies -- PART TEN THE ANDES -- 23. Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador -- 24. Peru and Bolivia -- PART ELEVEN THE SOUTHERN CONE -- 25. Chile: The Development, Breakdown, and Recovery of Democracy -- 26. Argentina: Development and Decay -- 27. Uruguay and Paraguay -- PART TWELVE BRAZIL -- 28. Brazil: From Independence to 1964 -- 29. Brazil Today: A Study in Frustrated Democratization -- 30. Conclusion; Appendix: Professional Ethics in the Study of Latin America -- About the Book and Editor -- About the Contributors -- Index
N2  - This textbook, extensively revised and updated in this new second edition, introduces the student to what is most basic and most interesting about Latin America
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