{"product_id":"latin-america-at-200-9781477308677","title":"Latin America at 200","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 2010 and 2025, most of the countries of Latin America will commemorate two centuries of independence, and Latin Americans have much to celebrate at this milestone. Most countries have enjoyed periods of sustained growth, while inequality is showing modest declines and the middle class is expanding. Dictatorships have been left behind, and all major political actors seem to have accepted the democratic process and the rule of law. Latin Americans have entered the digital world, routinely using the Internet and social media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese new realities in Latin America call for a new introduction to its history and culture, which \u003ci\u003eLatin America at 200\u003c\/i\u003e amply provides. Taking a reader-friendly approach that focuses on the big picture and uses concrete examples, Phillip Berryman highlights what Latin Americans are doing to overcome extreme poverty and underdevelopment. He starts with issues facing cities, then considers agriculture and farming, business, the environment, ineq\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction. Entering a Third Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Society \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. Lands and Peoples: The Constraints and Opportunities of Geography and Demography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Confronting Urban Challenges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Agriculture in Transition: Food and Farmers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. Corner Stores and \u003ci\u003eMultilatinas\u003c\/i\u003e: Business, Industry, and Labor in a Globalized World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. Growth with Sustainability: Meeting the New Environmental Challenge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Highly Unequal—and Middle Class?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Overcoming Legacies of Conquest and Slavery: Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. Machismo Contested: Changing Gender Roles and Expectations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. A Changing Religious Landscape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. History \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. Conquest and Colonial Order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. Forging New Nations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12. The Zigzag Path to Democracy and Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III. Economic and Political Challenges of the Present \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13. Toward Twenty-First-Century Economies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14. Making Democracy Work: Politics and the State\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15. Toward Rule of Law: Combating Crime and Corruption\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16. Bodies and Minds: Achievements and Obstacles in Health and Education\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17. Goods and People Crossing Borders: Dimensions of Globalization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion. Hopes and Tasks of the Bicentennial Generation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739632742743,"sku":"9781477308677","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477308677.jpg?v=1720052783","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/latin-america-at-200-9781477308677","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}