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Latin America - Robert B. Kent

Latin America

Regions and People

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Buch | Softcover
422 Seiten
2006
Guilford Publications (Verlag)
978-1-57230-909-8 (ISBN)
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This comprehensive text introduces key geographical concepts while providing an incisive, timely, and highly informative primer on Latin America. Thematic chapters trace the development of the region from the pre-Hispanic era to the present, while regional chapters reveal the diversity of its constituent people and places. Coverage includes cultural history; environment and physical geography; land use, agriculture, and urbanization; social and economic processes; and the Latin American diaspora. Enhancing the utility of the text are quick-reference tables and illustrative vignettes, over 160 photographs and maps, and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter.

Robert B. Kent is Chair and Professor of Geography and Planning at the University of Akron. He earned a BA and MA from the University of California, Davis, and a PhD from Syracuse University. His research and publications have focused broadly on the human geography of Latin America, especially the Andes and Central America, and on the evolving geography of Latin Americans in the United States. He has traveled, lived, and worked throughout Latin America, including 3 years as an urban and regional planner in Peru for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and has worked as a consultant for USAID in Bolivia on numerous occasions. He has been a Fulbright Scholar at the Universidad Nacional de San Juan in San Juan, Argentina, and at the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He is a past chair of the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers and a past councillor and treasurer of the Association of American Geographers. Dr. Kent is the editor of Region in Transition: An Economic and Social Atlas of Northeast Ohio and a coeditor of Regional Development and Planning for the 21st Century, and he has published numerous articles and book chapters on regional development, urban planning, cartography, GIS, and cultural geography.

Introduction. Latin America as a Culture Region. The Environment. The Hispanic Caribbean. Peopling Latin America to 1820. The Mesa Central of Mexico. Early Cities and Urban Development. The Andes. Migration, Population Change, and Race. The Central Valley of Chile. The Central American Highlands. Land and People since the Conquest. Brazil’s Atlantic Coastal Plain. Contemporary Cities and Urban Patterns. The Southern Brazilian Highlands. Latin American Development in Perspective. The Pampa. Latin America in the World Economy. The Amazon Basin. The Latin American Diaspora. Conclusion. Chapter Notes and Additional Sources.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 2.3.2006
Reihe/Serie Texts in Regional Geography
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 174 x 246 mm
Gewicht 810 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Kulturgeschichte
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 1-57230-909-1 / 1572309091
ISBN-13 978-1-57230-909-8 / 9781572309098
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