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Placing Latin America offers a thematic approach to the study of the diverse geographies of a globalizing region. Focusing on the dynamic connections among people, places, and environments, this nuanced text will be an invaluable guide for all those interested in the politics, economy, and society of a rapidly changing continent.
List of contents
List of Figures, Tables, and Textboxes
Introduction to the Fourth Edition
Fernando J. Bosco and Edward L. Jackiewicz
Chapter 1: Imagining and Creating Latin America as a Region
Fernando J. Bosco
Chapter 2: Historical Geography: 500 Years of Change from Within and Without
Edward L. Jackiewicz and Fernando J. Bosco
Chapter 3: Global Challenges, Regional Change, and Persistent Inequalities: An Overview of Latin America's Political Economy
Edward L. Jackiewicz and Ashlee Sellung
Chapter 4: Economic and Geopolitical Vulnerabilities and Opportunities
Thomas Klak
Chapter 5: Latin American Cities: Transitions and Transformations
Zia Salim and Fernando J. Bosco
Chapter 6: Cities and Sustainability: Neoliberal Urban Governance and Policy Initiatives
Carolina Sternberg
Chapter 7: Physical Geography: The Human-Environment Context
Benjamin F. Timms and James J. Hayes
Chapter 8: Natural Resources: Booms and Busts between Nationalism and Neoliberalism
Christian Brannstrom
Chapter 9: Genetically Modified Crops and the Remaking of Latin America's Food Landscape
Elizabeth Fitting
Chapter 10: Mass and Alternative Tourisms in Latin America and the Caribbean
Edward L. Jackiewicz and Thomas Klak
Chapter 11: Drugs' Place in Latin America's Geographies
Kent Mathewson and Zoe Pearson
Chapter 12: Children and Young People: Inequality, Rights, and Empowerment
Kate Swanson
Chapter 13: Latin American Social Movements: Places, Scales, and Networks of Action
Fernando J. Bosco
Chapter 14: Regional Geographies of the US-Mexico Border
Kimberly Collins and Michal Kohout
Chapter 15: Transnational Latin America: Movements, Places, and Displacements
Araceli Masterson-Algar
Index
About the Contributors
About the author
Edward L. Jackiewicz is professor and chair of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at California State University, Northridge.Fernando J. Bosco is professor in the Department of Geography at San Diego State University.
Summary
Placing Latin America offers a thematic approach to the study of the diverse geographies of a globalizing region. Focusing on the dynamic connections among people, places, and environments, this nuanced text will be an invaluable guide for all those interested in the politics, economy, and society of a rapidly changing continent.
