Jan Knippers Black is professor of international policy studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, a Graduate School of Middlebury College. She has authored or edited numerous books, including Development in Theory and Practice: Paradigms and Paradoxes, Second Edition (Routledge).

Praise for Previous Editions "Jan Knippers Black's revised fourth edition updates this reader to include modern issues ranging from the traumatic impact of drugs to debt, threats to distinctive ecological zones, new populist political parties and social movements and their attendant social and economic crisis, and more. This book continues to be a popular reader for classroom use." -Colonial Latin American Historical Review "Prof. Jan Knippers Black's updated textbook is the ideal resource for any interdisciplinary survey of Latin America. It's new chapters are especially welcome in the sense that the more current trends in interdisciplinary research on Latin America are brought to the reader's attention clearly and forcefully. The regional comprehensiveness of the book is preserved in the current edition, and its thoughtful division between content areas and country case studies successfully addresses competing visions of how the region should be studied, and its organizational structure provides excellent material for debating and critiquing the pedagogies of Latin American Studies." -James D. Huck, Tulane University's Stone Center for Latin American Studies

• List of Maps, Tables, Figures, and Illustrations 1 Introduction: Latin America Leading the Learning Curve Jan Knippers Black PART ONE: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE 2 Landscape and Settlement Patterns Alfonso Gonzalez 3 The Indian Populations of Latin America Karl H. Schwerin 4 Harmonizing and Disharmonizing Human and Natural Environments David Stea and G. Shane Lewis PART TWO: HISTORICAL SETTING 5 Colonial Latin America Peter Bakewell 6 Latin America Since Independence: An Overview Michael Conniff PART THREE: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES 7 Latin American Economies Restructure, Again William P. Glade 8 Social Structure and Change in Latin America Henry Veltmeyer and James Petras 9 Strategies and Trends in Latin American Activism Wendy Muse Sinek PART FOUR: POLITICAL PROCESSES AND TRENDS 10 Participation and Political Process: The Collapsible Pyramid Jan Knippers Black 11 Women and Latin American Politics: Participation, Citizenship, and Democracy Jane S. Jaquette 12 Globalization, Insecurity, and Crisis in the Americas Jorge Nef PART FIVE: EXTERNAL RELATIONS 13 International Relations in Latin America: Conflict and Cooperation James Lee Ray 14 The United States and Latin America: Into a New Era Wayne S. Smith PART SIX: MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 15 Mexico: A Revolution Laid to Rest? Fred R. Harris and Martin C. Needler 16 Central America: From Revolution to "Low-Intensity Democracies" Thomas W. Walker and Christine J. Wade 17 Panama and the Canal Steve C. Ropp PART SEVEN: CUBA AND THE CARIBBEAN 18 The Cuban Revolution Nelson P. Valdes 19 The Caribbean: The Structure of Modern-Conservative Societies Anthony P. Maingot PART EIGHT: THE ANDES 20 Colombia's Split-Level Realities Jan Knippers Black with William H. Godnick 21 Venezuela: The Challenge to a "Model Democracy" Steve Ellner 22 Ecuador: Political Turmoil, Social Mobilization, and a Turn Toward the Left Pablo Andrade A. and Liisa L. North 23 Peru: Precarious Democracy amid Dependent Development in a Divided Nation Cynthia McClintock 24 Bolivia: An Indigenous Movement Consolidates Power Jose Z. Garcia PART NINE: BRAZIL AND THE SOUTHERN CONE 25 Brazil: From Military Regime to Workers' Party Government David Fleischer 26 Chile: The Development, Breakdown, and Recovery of Democracy J. Samuel Valenzuela and Arturo Valenzuela 27 Argentina: Decline and Revival Peter Calvert 28 Uruguay and Paraguay: An Arduous Transition Diego Abente Brun with Michael Danielson 29 Conclusion: A New Kind of Togetherness Jan Knippers Black Acknowledgments About the Book, Editor, and Contributors Index

Jan Knippers Black is professor of international policy studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, a Graduate School of Middlebury College. She has authored or edited numerous books, including Development in Theory and Practice: Paradigms and Paradoxes, Second Edition (Routledge).

Praise for Previous Editions "Jan Knippers Black's revised fourth edition updates this reader to include modern issues ranging from the traumatic impact of drugs to debt, threats to distinctive ecological zones, new populist political parties and social movements and their attendant social and economic crisis, and more. This book continues to be a popular reader for classroom use." -Colonial Latin American Historical Review "Prof. Jan Knippers Black's updated textbook is the ideal resource for any interdisciplinary survey of Latin America. It's new chapters are especially welcome in the sense that the more current trends in interdisciplinary research on Latin America are brought to the reader's attention clearly and forcefully. The regional comprehensiveness of the book is preserved in the current edition, and its thoughtful division between content areas and country case studies successfully addresses competing visions of how the region should be studied, and its organizational structure provides excellent material for debating and critiquing the pedagogies of Latin American Studies." -James D. Huck, Tulane University's Stone Center for Latin American Studies

• List of Maps, Tables, Figures, and Illustrations 1 Introduction: Latin America Leading the Learning Curve Jan Knippers Black PART ONE: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE 2 Landscape and Settlement Patterns Alfonso Gonzalez 3 The Indian Populations of Latin America Karl H. Schwerin 4 Harmonizing and Disharmonizing Human and Natural Environments David Stea and G. Shane Lewis PART TWO: HISTORICAL SETTING 5 Colonial Latin America Peter Bakewell 6 Latin America Since Independence: An Overview Michael Conniff PART THREE: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES 7 Latin American Economies Restructure, Again William P. Glade 8 Social Structure and Change in Latin America Henry Veltmeyer and James Petras 9 Strategies and Trends in Latin American Activism Wendy Muse Sinek PART FOUR: POLITICAL PROCESSES AND TRENDS 10 Participation and Political Process: The Collapsible Pyramid Jan Knippers Black 11 Women and Latin American Politics: Participation, Citizenship, and Democracy Jane S. Jaquette 12 Globalization, Insecurity, and Crisis in the Americas Jorge Nef PART FIVE: EXTERNAL RELATIONS 13 International Relations in Latin America: Conflict and Cooperation James Lee Ray 14 The United States and Latin America: Into a New Era Wayne S. Smith PART SIX: MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 15 Mexico: A Revolution Laid to Rest? Fred R. Harris and Martin C. Needler 16 Central America: From Revolution to "Low-Intensity Democracies" Thomas W. Walker and Christine J. Wade 17 Panama and the Canal Steve C. Ropp PART SEVEN: CUBA AND THE CARIBBEAN 18 The Cuban Revolution Nelson P. Valdes 19 The Caribbean: The Structure of Modern-Conservative Societies Anthony P. Maingot PART EIGHT: THE ANDES 20 Colombia's Split-Level Realities Jan Knippers Black with William H. Godnick 21 Venezuela: The Challenge to a "Model Democracy" Steve Ellner 22 Ecuador: Political Turmoil, Social Mobilization, and a Turn Toward the Left Pablo Andrade A. and Liisa L. North 23 Peru: Precarious Democracy amid Dependent Development in a Divided Nation Cynthia McClintock 24 Bolivia: An Indigenous Movement Consolidates Power Jose Z. Garcia PART NINE: BRAZIL AND THE SOUTHERN CONE 25 Brazil: From Military Regime to Workers' Party Government David Fleischer 26 Chile: The Development, Breakdown, and Recovery of Democracy J. Samuel Valenzuela and Arturo Valenzuela 27 Argentina: Decline and Revival Peter Calvert 28 Uruguay and Paraguay: An Arduous Transition Diego Abente Brun with Michael Danielson 29 Conclusion: A New Kind of Togetherness Jan Knippers Black Acknowledgments About the Book, Editor, and Contributors Index

Jan Knippers Black is professor of international policy studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California, a Graduate School of Middlebury College. She has authored or edited numerous books, including Development in Theory and Practice: Paradigms and Paradoxes, Second Edition (Routledge).

Praise for Previous Editions "Jan Knippers Black's revised fourth edition updates this reader to include modern issues ranging from the traumatic impact of drugs to debt, threats to distinctive ecological zones, new populist political parties and social movements and their attendant social and economic crisis, and more. This book continues to be a popular reader for classroom use." -Colonial Latin American Historical Review "Prof. Jan Knippers Black's updated textbook is the ideal resource for any interdisciplinary survey of Latin America. It's new chapters are especially welcome in the sense that the more current trends in interdisciplinary research on Latin America are brought to the reader's attention clearly and forcefully. The regional comprehensiveness of the book is preserved in the current edition, and its thoughtful division between content areas and country case studies successfully addresses competing visions of how the region should be studied, and its organizational structure provides excellent material for debating and critiquing the pedagogies of Latin American Studies." -James D. Huck, Tulane University's Stone Center for Latin American Studies

• List of Maps, Tables, Figures, and Illustrations 1 Introduction: Latin America Leading the Learning Curve Jan Knippers Black PART ONE: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE 2 Landscape and Settlement Patterns Alfonso Gonzalez 3 The Indian Populations of Latin America Karl H. Schwerin 4 Harmonizing and Disharmonizing Human and Natural Environments David Stea and G. Shane Lewis PART TWO: HISTORICAL SETTING 5 Colonial Latin America Peter Bakewell 6 Latin America Since Independence: An Overview Michael Conniff PART THREE: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES 7 Latin American Economies Restructure, Again William P. Glade 8 Social Structure and Change in Latin America Henry Veltmeyer and James Petras 9 Strategies and Trends in Latin American Activism Wendy Muse Sinek PART FOUR: POLITICAL PROCESSES AND TRENDS 10 Participation and Political Process: The Collapsible Pyramid Jan Knippers Black 11 Women and Latin American Politics: Participation, Citizenship, and Democracy Jane S. Jaquette 12 Globalization, Insecurity, and Crisis in the Americas Jorge Nef PART FIVE: EXTERNAL RELATIONS 13 International Relations in Latin America: Conflict and Cooperation James Lee Ray 14 The United States and Latin America: Into a New Era Wayne S. Smith PART SIX: MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 15 Mexico: A Revolution Laid to Rest? Fred R. Harris and Martin C. Needler 16 Central America: From Revolution to "Low-Intensity Democracies" Thomas W. Walker and Christine J. Wade 17 Panama and the Canal Steve C. Ropp PART SEVEN: CUBA AND THE CARIBBEAN 18 The Cuban Revolution Nelson P. Valdes 19 The Caribbean: The Structure of Modern-Conservative Societies Anthony P. Maingot PART EIGHT: THE ANDES 20 Colombia's Split-Level Realities Jan Knippers Black with William H. Godnick 21 Venezuela: The Challenge to a "Model Democracy" Steve Ellner 22 Ecuador: Political Turmoil, Social Mobilization, and a Turn Toward the Left Pablo Andrade A. and Liisa L. North 23 Peru: Precarious Democracy amid Dependent Development in a Divided Nation Cynthia McClintock 24 Bolivia: An Indigenous Movement Consolidates Power Jose Z. Garcia PART NINE: BRAZIL AND THE SOUTHERN CONE 25 Brazil: From Military Regime to Workers' Party Government David Fleischer 26 Chile: The Development, Breakdown, and Recovery of Democracy J. Samuel Valenzuela and Arturo Valenzuela 27 Argentina: Decline and Revival Peter Calvert 28 Uruguay and Paraguay: An Arduous Transition Diego Abente Brun with Michael Danielson 29 Conclusion: A New Kind of Togetherness Jan Knippers Black Acknowledgments About the Book, Editor, and Contributors Index