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Introduction to Latin America

Introduction to Latin America

Introduction to Latin America

Peadar Kirby

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Sage Publications
Año de edición:
2003
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Estudios étnicos
ISBN:
9780761973737
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`An essential buy for serious students of Latin America’ - Anne Boran, Chester College, University of Liverpool`This is an outstanding textbook which will appeal to a wide audience but especially those wishing to understand contemporary Latin America.... I have been studying Latin America for over 40 years and wish I could have written such a lucid and engaging book’ - Dr Crist[ac]obal Kay, Institute of Social Studies, The HagueIntroduction to Latin America provides a completely new introduction to the political, social and economic forces shaping this essential region of undergraduate study today.It is the first textbook to place Latin America within a genuinely global context and introduce the debates and impact of globalization, neoliberalism, democratization, and the environment. Encorporating maps, case study boxes, summary exhibits, and guides to further reading, Introduction to Latin America will be an essential text for all students of Latin America across politics, international studies, geography, sociology and development studies.

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