The South America Handbook

ISBN-13: 9781579583330 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 370 str.

Patrick Heenan

Opis

Each volume in the series examines key issues affecting the economic growth of the region. The series is designed to help the general reader understand a variety of complex factors - social, political and economic - that will bear on a region's economic growth. The Handbooks begin with two to three chapters that situate a region's economic conditions and initiatives within an historical and political context. There follow some 20 chapter-length essays, each prepared by a recognised expert in the field, analysing such factors as population, natural resources, foreign trade, banking and financial structure, as well as the role of multinational corporations, the labour situation and distribution of wealth within the region. Each volume closes with a series of appendices that include a detailed chronology of events in the region; a glossary of terms; biographical entries on key personalities; an annotated bibliography of further reading; and an index.

Recenzje

"The appendixes-- chronology of events, terms, biographies-- and the annotated bibliography and index will retain value for many years to come...The consistent strengths of the series include its coverage of multinationals, descriptions of the labor situations and distribution of wealth within the region, inclusion of larger regional and international relations, and preparation of reports by experts." -- Choice

Spis treści

Part 1 History and Context; Chapter 1 The Colonial Era and its Aftermath, 1492-1870, David Rock; Chapter 2 Globalization and Retreat, 1870-1945, Miller Rory; Chapter 3 From Developmentalism to Neoliberalism, 1945-2001, Colin M. Lewis; Part 2 Nation States; Chapter 4 Venezuela, Richard S. Hillman; Chapter 5 Colombia, Arrarás Astrid; Chapter 6 Ecuador, Marc Becker; Chapter 7 Peru, Nick Caistor; Chapter 8 Bolivia, James F. Siekmeier; Chapter 9 Chile, Jonathan R. Barton; Chapter 10 Argentina, David Rock; Chapter 11 Uruguay, Astrid Arrarás; Chapter 12 Paraguay, Kevin Chambers; Chapter 13 Brazil, John J. Crocitti; Chapter 14 Guyana, Ralph Premdas; Chapter 15 Suriname, Edward Dew; Part 3 South America and the New Century; Chapter 16 Environment and Natural Resources, Jonathan R. Barton; Chapter 17 Agriculture, Warwick E. Murray; Chapter 18 Labor, Indigenous, and Social Movements, Donna Lee Van Cott; Chapter 19 Attempts at Integration, Peter Calvert; Chapter 20 Relations with the United States, Peter Calvert;

O autorze

Patrick Heenan University of Liverpool, Monique Lamonatgne University of California, Santa Barbara. Rory Miller, David Rock