Placing Latin America : contemporary themes in geography /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors:	Bosco, Fernando J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2020]
Edition:	Fourth edition.
Subjects:	Human geography > Latin America. Globalization > Economic aspects > Latin America. Latin America > Economic conditions. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Intro
Contents
Figures, Tables, and Textboxes
Introduction to the Fourth Edition
Chapter 1. Imagining and Creating Latin America as a Region
Chapter 2. Historical Geography: Five Hundred Years of Change from Within and Without
Chapter 3. Global Challenges, Regional Change, and Persistent Inequalities: An Overview of Latin America's Political Economy
Chapter 4. Economic and Geopolitical Vulnerabilities and Opportunities
Chapter 5. Latin American Cities: Transitions and Transformations
Chapter 6. Cities and Sustainability: Neoliberal Urban Governance and Policy Initiatives
Chapter 7. Physical Geography: The Human-Environment Context
Chapter 8. Natural Resources: Booms and Busts between Nationalism and Neoliberalism
Chapter 9. Genetically Modified Crops and the Remaking of Latin America's Food Landscape
Chapter 10. Mass and Alternative Tourisms in Latin America and the Caribbean
Chapter 11. Drugs' Place in Latin America's Geographies
Chapter 12. Children and Young People: Inequality, Rights, and Empowerment
Chapter 13. Latin American Social Movements: Places, Scales, and Networks of Action
Chapter 14. Regional Geographies of the US-Mexico Border
Chapter 15.Transnational Latin America: Movements, Places, and Displacements
Index
About the Contributors