Brian Blouet was educated in Britain and taught at the University of Sheffield before coming to the USA and teaching at the University of Nebraska, Texas A&M University, and the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Olwyn M. Blouet is the author of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey, 7th Edition, published by Wiley.

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• CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING LATIN AMERICA 1PART I SYSTEMATIC SURVEYCHAPTER 2 CHANGING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS 9CHAPTER 3 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY 39CHAPTER 4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS 75CHAPTER 5 PEOPLE AND SOCIETY 90CHAPTER 6 DIVERSIFYING ECONOMIES 112CHAPTER 7 THE CONTEMPORARY CITY 139CHAPTER 8 TRANSPORTATION 166PART II REGIONAL SURVEY: MIDDLE AMERICACHAPTER 9 CARIBBEAN CONTRASTS 179CHAPTER 10 MODERNIZING MEXICO 210CHAPTER 11 CENTRAL AMERICA 237PART III REGIONAL SURVEY: SOUTH AMERICACHAPTER 12 ANDEAN COUNTRIES IN THE TROPICS: VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU, AND BOLIVIA 270CHAPTER 13 BRAZIL 293CHAPTER 14 AMAZONIA 319CHAPTER 15 THE SOUTHERN CONE: ARGENTINA, CHILE, PARAGUAY, AND URUGUAY 335GLOSSARY 368INDEX 378

Brian Blouet was educated in Britain and taught at the University of Sheffield before coming to the USA and teaching at the University of Nebraska, Texas A&M University, and the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Olwyn M. Blouet is the author of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey, 7th Edition, published by Wiley.

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• CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING LATIN AMERICA 1PART I SYSTEMATIC SURVEYCHAPTER 2 CHANGING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS 9CHAPTER 3 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY 39CHAPTER 4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS 75CHAPTER 5 PEOPLE AND SOCIETY 90CHAPTER 6 DIVERSIFYING ECONOMIES 112CHAPTER 7 THE CONTEMPORARY CITY 139CHAPTER 8 TRANSPORTATION 166PART II REGIONAL SURVEY: MIDDLE AMERICACHAPTER 9 CARIBBEAN CONTRASTS 179CHAPTER 10 MODERNIZING MEXICO 210CHAPTER 11 CENTRAL AMERICA 237PART III REGIONAL SURVEY: SOUTH AMERICACHAPTER 12 ANDEAN COUNTRIES IN THE TROPICS: VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU, AND BOLIVIA 270CHAPTER 13 BRAZIL 293CHAPTER 14 AMAZONIA 319CHAPTER 15 THE SOUTHERN CONE: ARGENTINA, CHILE, PARAGUAY, AND URUGUAY 335GLOSSARY 368INDEX 378

Brian Blouet was educated in Britain and taught at the University of Sheffield before coming to the USA and teaching at the University of Nebraska, Texas A&M University, and the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Olwyn M. Blouet is the author of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic and Regional Survey, 7th Edition, published by Wiley.

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• CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING LATIN AMERICA 1PART I SYSTEMATIC SURVEYCHAPTER 2 CHANGING PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS 9CHAPTER 3 CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY 39CHAPTER 4 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS 75CHAPTER 5 PEOPLE AND SOCIETY 90CHAPTER 6 DIVERSIFYING ECONOMIES 112CHAPTER 7 THE CONTEMPORARY CITY 139CHAPTER 8 TRANSPORTATION 166PART II REGIONAL SURVEY: MIDDLE AMERICACHAPTER 9 CARIBBEAN CONTRASTS 179CHAPTER 10 MODERNIZING MEXICO 210CHAPTER 11 CENTRAL AMERICA 237PART III REGIONAL SURVEY: SOUTH AMERICACHAPTER 12 ANDEAN COUNTRIES IN THE TROPICS: VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, PERU, AND BOLIVIA 270CHAPTER 13 BRAZIL 293CHAPTER 14 AMAZONIA 319CHAPTER 15 THE SOUTHERN CONE: ARGENTINA, CHILE, PARAGUAY, AND URUGUAY 335GLOSSARY 368INDEX 378