A Political Geography of Latin America

by Jonathan R. Barton

Overview

The nation-states and peoples of South and Central America, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, that together form the political geographical region of Latin America, encompass a wide range of societies, politics and economies. This text exposes the differences between places, regions and countries, individuals and societies, offering an invaluable insight into the themes of political and economic development, and provides a guide to understanding power and space relations. From the Antarctic to the tropical jungles, the coastal communities to the highland villages, the mega-cities to isolated rural existence, the political geographies of lives, localities, cities and rurality are too sophisticated to be subjected to generalizations. Adopting a critical human geography perspective, Jonathon Barton provides an understanding of similarities, difference and sophisticated human geographies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415121897
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/29/1997
Pages:	259
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1520L (what's this?)

About the Author

Jonathan R. Barton is Senior Research Associate in the School of Development Studies, University of East Anglia.

Table of Contents

1 POWER TO THE PEOPLE? 2 FROM PRE-COLUMBIAN TO POST-COLD WAR GEOPOLITICS 3 LATIN AMERICAN GEOPOLITICAL ECONOMY 4 THE ORGANISATION OF CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN SPACE 5 COMMUNITIES OF POVERTY, BODIES OF POWER 6 TOWARDS A DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICA

Editorial Reviews

This political geography describes the social, political, and economic differences between the nation states and peoples of Cuba, South and Central America, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, and explains the ways in which these differences are spatially manifested between regions, countries, and other places. Barton (development studies, U. of East Anglia) adapts a critical human geography perspective that sees the Southern hemisphere as being complementary, rather than integral, to European and US expansionism. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

' Barton's textbook on Latin America is a very welcome addition to the geographical, literature on this large and diverse region...teachers of political geography and Latin America will find much useful material (especially on civil society and local government) to draw upon in the preparation of lectures and seminars. - International Affairs

' Exploring the diversity of the nation-states and peoples of South and Central America, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, A Political Geography of Latin America offers an insight into political and economic development in the region. This student text takes a human geography perspective and tackles such subjects as pre-Columbian geopolitics, colonialism, the debt crisis and land tenure and reform. - Geographical, September 1997

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