Placing Latin America: Contemporary Themes in Human Geography Book

List of Figures and Tables     vii
Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction: A Roadmap to Placing Latin America   Fernando J. Bosco   Edward L. Jackiewicz     1
Eras and Errors: A Historical and Geographical Overview of Latin America's Economic and Political Development   Edward L. Jackiewicz   Linda Quiquivix     17
Neoliberal Exports and Regional Vulnerability: Overview and Critical Assessment   Thomas Klak     31
Urbanization, Migration, and Employment in Latin America: A Review of Trends   Adrian G. Aguilar   Antonio Vieyra     51
Architectural Icons and Urban Form: The Power of Place in Latin America   Larry R. Ford     69
U.S.-Mexico Borderlands   Altha J. Cravey     83
Spaces of Tourism   John Davenport   Edward L. Jackiewicz     97
Sustainable Development and Ecotourism: General Principles and Eastern Caribbean Case Study   Thomas Klak   Ross Flynn     115
Drug Geographies   Kent Mathewson     137
NGOs and Ongoing Changes in Latin American Society   J. Christopher Brown     159
The Geographies of Latin American Social Movements   Fernando J. Bosco     177
Urban Environmental Politics in LatinAmerica   Sarah A. Moore     191
Transnational Communities, Identities, and Moving Populations   Susan P. Mains     205
Beyond the Nation-State: Scaling Claims to Latino/a Citizenship in the United States   Joel Jennings     235
Cinematic Spaces of Latin America   James Craine   Mirek Lipinski     251
Index     269
About the Contributors     273