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Handbook of Latin American Studies Vol. 75
The 2021 volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American Studies.
Handbook of Latin American Studies, Vol. 77
A new volume of the benchmark bibliography of Latin American Studies, compiled by the Library of Congress.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Through the twin themes of the environment and development, Brad D. Jokisch introduces students to the regions of Latin American and the Caribbean through a concise, comprehensive, and cohesive overview. Designed for courses in either geography or Latin American Studies, this text covers the physical geography, environmental hazards, and a concise history of the region, along with treatment of economic issues—including China’s role—urbanization, population trends, and international migration. Regional chapters on Brazil, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, the Andes, and the Southern Cone ensure that students understand the distinct areas of Latin America as well as the region a...
Cities of the World
Remarkably, more than half of the world's population now lives in cities, and the numbers grow daily as people abandon rural areas. This fully updated and revised seventh edition of the classic text offers readers a comprehensive set of tools for understanding world regional geography, as seen through the urban landscape, and, by extension, the world's politics, cultures, and economies. Providing a sweeping overview of world urban geography, noted experts explore the major global regions. Each regional chapter considers urban history, economy, culture, and environment, as well as special problems and future prospects. A regional map that shows the major cities, a summary of basic statistical...
Social Sciences
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 130 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year b...
Handbook of Latin American Studies, Vol. 61
"The one source that sets reference collections on Latin American studies apart from all other geographic areas of the world.... The Handbook has provided scholars interested in Latin America with a bibliographical source of a quality unavailable to scholars in most other branches of area studies." —Latin American Research Review Beginning with volume 41 (1979), the University of Texas Press became the publisher of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, the most comprehensive annual bibliography in the field. Compiled by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and annotated by a corps of more than 140 specialists in various disciplines, the Handbook alternates from year to year b...
Sistemas de Información Geográfica. Aplicaciones en diagnósticos territoriales... 2ª Ed. Actualizada
El avance en los sistemas de información geográfica (SIG), y en las geotecnologías en general, está cambiando drásticamente los procesos de análisis y decisión espacial, al conformar un entorno nuevo y potente para obtener, tratar y difundir la información sobre el territorio. Sin embargo, las potencialidades de estas tecnologías están aun insuficientemente explotadas por problemas varios, entre otros la limitada capacitación de los profesionales para aplicarlas en distintos campos. Esta obra pretende paliar esas limitaciones a través de una trasposición didáctica de conceptos, métodos, tecnologías y técnicas geográficas orientadas al “análisis y formación de decisiones...
The Poor's Struggle for Political Incorporation
A study of the poor's movements in response to the ever-widening gap between the poor and the state in Latin American politics.
