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.

• 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

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