Latin America, Its Problems And Its Promise A Multidisciplinary Introduction, Second Edition

1. Introduction: Approaches to the Study of Latin America Part One: The Land and the People 2. Physical Landscape and Settlement Patterns 3. The Indian Populations of Latin America Part Two: Historical Setting 4. Colonial Latin America 5. The Continuity of the National Period Part Three: Cultural Expression 6. Philosophy and the Intellectual Tradition 7. Latin American Literature 8. Nationalism and Modern Latin American Art Part Four: Economic and Social Structures 9. Economic Aspects of Latin America 10. Social Structure and Social Change in Twentieth-Century Latin America Part Five: Political Processes and Trends 11. Participation and Political Process: The Collapsible Pyramid 12. "Normalization," Popular Struggles, and the Receiver State Part Six: External Relations 13. International Relations in Latin America: Conflict and Cooperation 14. United States Policy in Latin America 15. Latin America in the World Part Seven: Mexico 16. Mexico: Historical Foundations 17. Contemporary Mexico Part Eight: Central America and Panama 18. Central America: Background to the Crisis 19. Central America's Lost Decade 20. Panama and the Canal Part Nine: Cuba and the Caribbean 21. The Cuban Revolution 22. The Caribbean: The Structure of Modern-Conservative Societies Part Ten: The Andes 23. Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador 24. Peru and Bolivia Part Eleven: The Southern Cone 25. Chile: The Development, Breakdown, and Recovery of Democracy 26. Argentina: Development and Decay 27. Uruguay and Paraguay Part Twelve: Brazil 28. Brazil: From Independence to 1964 29. Brazil Today: A Study in Frustrated Democratization 30. Conclusion