TY - BOOK AU - Arnove,Robert F. AU - Bost,David H. AU - Chase,Jacquelyn AU - DAgostino,Thomas J. AU - D’Agostino,Thomas J. AU - Franz,Stephen AU - Fraser,Cleveland AU - Hillman,Richard S. AU - Lozano-Alonso,Angélica AU - McKinney,Scott G. AU - Pedraja,René de la AU - Place,Susan E. AU - Price,Marie AU - Stewart-Gambino,Hannah AU - Tiano,Susan AU - Yelvington,Kevin A. AU - Zagorski,Paul W. TI - Understanding Contemporary Latin America T2 - Understanding: Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World SN - 9781685857035 AV - F1408 .U43 2022 U1 - 980.04 23/eng/20220830 PY - 2011///] CY - Boulder : PB - Lynne Rienner Publishers, KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Preface --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Latin America: A Geographic Preface --; 3 The Historical Context --; 4 Latin American Politics --; 5 The Military --; 6 The Economies of Latin America --; 7 International Relations --; 8 The Environment, Population, and Urbanization --; 9 Patterns of “Race,” Ethnicity, Class, and Nationalism --; 10 Women, Work, and Politics --; 11 Education and Development --; 12 Religion in Latin America --; 13 Latin American Literature --; 14 Trends and Prospects --; Acronyms --; Appendix 1: Basic Political Data --; Appendix 2: List of Nonindependent Territories --; The Contributors --; Index --; About the Book; restricted access N2 - An indispensable introduction, both descriptive and analytical, to the complexities of contemporary Latin America UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685857035 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781685857035 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781685857035/original ER -