Beschreibung:
Introduction -- Latin America as a culture region -- The environment -- The Hispanic Caribbean -- Peopling Latin America to 1820 -- The mesa central of Mexico -- Early cities and urban development -- The Andes -- Migration, population change, and race -- The central valley of Chile -- The Central American highlands -- Land and people since the conquest -- Brazil's Atlantic coastal plain -- Contemporary cities and urban patterns -- The southern Brazilian highlands -- Latin American development in perspective -- The Pampa -- Latin America in the world economy -- The Amazon Basin -- The Latin American diaspora -- Conclusion
Anmerkungen:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-456) and index