Updated and revised with many new detailed maps and photographs, this sixth edition enables geographers to explore the changes and major issues facing this dynamic region today. The historical material has been streamlined in order to focus on contemporary issues. Key environmental issues are highlighted in new boxes throughout the chapters. The Systematic surveys have been restructured. New profiles of Latin American countries and major issues are also covered. This approach will help geographers visit the dynamic people and places of Latin America.

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey

Science & Math

Blouet, Brian W.

Blouet, Olwyn M.

Earth Sciences

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

This unique book provides both a thematic as well as regional look at Latin America and the Caribbean. The thematic approach surveys the physical environment, historical geography, demography, agriculture, communications, industry, urban and political aspects of Latin America. The regional approach covers Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Andean America, Brazil and the Southern Cone.

Travel

wiley

This well established text provides both a thematic as well as regional look at Latin America and the Caribbean. The thematic approach surveys the physical environment, historical geography, demography, agriculture, communications, industry, urban and political aspects of Latin America. The regional approach covers chapters on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Andean America, Brazil and the Southern Cone, which have all been revised in the fourth edition, as well as the inclusion of a new chapter on Brazilian Amazonia.

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey, 4th Edition

History

Americas

This well-established text combines a thematic and regional look at Latin America and the Caribbean. The thematic approach surveys the physical environment, historical geography, demography, agriculture, communications, industry, urban and political aspects of Latin America. The regional approach covers chapters on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Andean America, Brazil, Brazilian Amazonia, and the Southern Cone. This updated edition includes updated maps and photos, and new Interlude on Cancun and the Yucatan, and an new Interlude on “Self Help Housing”.

A unique approach to the study of Latin America, it combines (in two parts) a systematic survey of geography, demography, agriculture, communications, industry and urban and political aspects of Latin America with a regional coverage of the area. The regional groupings are: Mexico and Central America, the Caribbean, Andean America, Brazil and the Southern Cone.

This well-established text combines a thematic and regional look at Latin America and the Caribbean. The thematic approach surveys the physical environment, historical geography, demography, agriculture, communications, industry, urban and political aspects of Latin America. The regional approach covers chapters on Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Andean America, Brazil, Brazilian Amazonia, and the Southern Cone. This fifth edition includes updated maps and photos, and new Interlude on Cancun and the Yucatan, and an new Interlude on "Self Help Housing".

Updated and revised with many new detailed maps and photographs, Latin America and the Carribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey, 7th Edition enables geographers to explore the changes and major issues facing this dynamic region today. The historical material has been streamlined in order to focus on contemporary issues. A new chapter was written to focus on Brazil and the Amazonia region. Key environmental issues are highlighted in new boxes throughout the chapters.

When Americans seek an escape from the worries and dilemmas of everyday life, the crystal blue waters and white sands of the Caribbean islands seem like the answer to a prayer. Yet this image of a tourist’s paradise hides a tumultuous history marked by strife and division over race, political power, and economic inequality. Olwyn Blouet explores the story of “the Caribbean” over the last 50 years, revealing it to be a region positioned at the heart of some the most prominent geopolitical issues of modern times.
 Navigating a rich mélange of cultures and histories, Blouet unearths a complex narrative that is frequently overlooked in histories of the Americas. In stark contrast to widely-read guidebooks, this chronicle unflinchingly probes two strikingly different worlds in the Caribbean islands—those of the haves and the have-nots—created by the volatile mixture of colonial politics, racial segregation, and economic upheaval. The strategic political relations between Caribbean nations, Cuba in particular, and the world powers during the Cold War; the economic transformations instigated by tourism; and the modernizing efforts of Caribbean nations in order to meet the demands of a globalizing twenty-first century market are among the numerous issues explored by Blouet in her efforts to redress the historical record’s imbalance. The Contemporary Caribbean also explores the proud histories of the region's many nations in sports such as cricket and baseball, as well as their famed cuisines, and the uneasy balance today between local traditions and the vestiges of colonial influence.

The Contemporary Caribbean: Life, History and Culture Since 1945 (Contemporary Worlds)

Reaktion Books

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Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey, 4th Edition

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey

Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey

The Contemporary Caribbean: Life, History and Culture Since 1945 (Contemporary Worlds)