Placing Latin America

Contemporary Themes in Geography

Edited by Edward L. Jackiewicz, Fernando J. Bosco

Publication date:

12 February 2016

Length of book:

270 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442246812

Placing Latin America offers a thematic approach to the study of the diverse geographies of a globalizing region. This comprehensive text focuses on the dynamic connections among people, places, and environments rather than on predefined notions about the region. The book’s well-rounded and accessible analysis includes discussions of borders and migration, transnationalism and globalization, urbanization and landscapes of cities, the connections between economic development and political change, the physical environment and human-environment interactions, and natural resources in the context of a global economy. The authors also explore social and cultural themes such as the illegal drug trade, social movements, tourism, and children and young people. Providing a nuanced and clear perspective, this book will be an invaluable guide for all those interested in the politics, economy, and society of a rapidly changing continent.
With contributions by: Fernando J. Bosco, Christian Brannstrom, J. Christopher Brown, Altha J. Cravey, James J. Hayes, Edward L. Jackiewicz, Thomas Klak, Araceli Masterson-Algar, Kent Mathewson, Sarah A. Moore, Linda Quiquivix, Zia Salim, Kate Swanson, Benjamin Timms, and Joseph Wiltberger.

Introduction
Fernando J. Bosco and Edward L. Jackiewicz

Chapter 1 Physical Geography: Contemporary Human-Environment Relationships in Latin America and the Caribbean
Benjamin F. Timms and James J. Hayes
Chapter 2 The Making of a Region: 500 Years of Change from Within and Without
Edward L. Jackiewicz and Fernando J. Bosco
Chapter 3 Cycles of Economic Change: Political Economy from Neocolonialism to the Bolivarian Revolution
Edward L. Jackiewicz & Linda Quiquivix
Chapter 4 Urban Latin America: Evolving Forms and Functions
Zia Salim and Fernando J. Bosco
Chapter 5 Economic and Geopolitical Vulnerabilities and Opportunities
Thomas Klak
Chapter 6 Mass and Alternative Tourisms in Latin America and the Caribbean
Edward L. Jackiewicz and Thomas Klak
Chapter 7 Natural Resources
Christian Brannstrom
Chapter 8 Drug Geographies: A Cultural Historical Profile
Kent Mathewson
Chapter 9 Nongovernmental Organizations: Scale, Society and Environment
J. Christopher Brown
Chapter 10 Latin American Social Movements: Places, Scales and Networks of Action
Fernando J. Bosco
Chapter 11 Urban Environmental Politics: Flows, Responsibility and Citizenship
Sarah A. Moore
Chapter 12 Children and Young People: Inequality, Rights and Empowerment
Kate Swanson
Chapter 13 US-Mexico Borderlands
Altha J. Cravey
Chapter 14 Transnational Latin America: Movements, Places and Displacements
Araceli Masterson-Algar
Chapter 15 Remapping Latin America: U.S. Latino Immigration and Immigration Enforcement on Localized Scales
Joseph Wiltberger

Index
About the Authors

A refreshing look at human geographic themes that will serve as a cornerstone in any course in the social sciences about Latin America and the Caribbean, especially geography. The inclusion of social movements, cinema, sustainable tourism, human rights, and NGOs is particularly welcome.