Placing Latin America : contemporary themes in geography / edited by Edward L. Jackiewicz, Fernando J. Bosco.

Contributor Jackiewicz, Ed, editor.

Edition Statement:Fourth edition.

ImprintLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]

Imprint2020

Descriptionviii, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Note:Introduction to the fourth edition / Fernando J. Bosco and Edward L. Jackiewicz -- Imagining and creating Latin America as a region / Fernando J. Bosco -- Historical geography : five hundred years of change from within and without / Edward L. Jackiewicz and Fernando J. Bosco -- Global challenges, regional change, and persistent inequalities : an overview of Latin America's political economy / Edward L. Jackiewicz and Ashlee Sellung -- Economic and geopolitical vulnerabilities and opportunities / Thomas Klak -- Latin American cities : transitions and transformations / Zia Salim and Fernando J. Bosco -- Cities and sustainability : neoliberal urban governance and policy initiatives / Carolina Sternberg -- Physical geography : the human-environment context / Benjamin F. Timms and James J. Hayes -- Natural resources : booms and busts between nationalism and neoliberalism / Christian Brannstrom -- Genetically modified crops and the remaking of Latin America's food landscape / Elizabeth Fitting -- Mass and alternative tourisms in Latin America and the Caribbean / Edward L. Jackiewicz and Thomas Klak -- Drugs' place in Latin America's geographies / Kent Mathewson and Zoe Pearson -- Children and young people : inequality, rights, and empowerment / Kate Swanson -- Latin American social movements : places, scales, and networks of action / Fernando J. Bosco -- Regional geographies of the US-Mexico Border / Kimberly Collins and Michal Kohout -- Transnational Latin America : movements, places, and displacements / Araceli Masterson-Algar.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note: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.

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