South America
Cesar Caviedes, University of Florida
Greg Knapp, University of Texas at Austin

ISBN-10: 0138251185
ISBN-13: 9780138251185

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1995
Format: Paper; 468 pp
Published: 11/01/1994

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One semester South America course in Geography, or regional geography or history/political science courses with an emphasis on South America.

This exceptionally up-to-date survey of South America traces the development of settlements, the evolution of particular economic systems, and the emergence of states, and explores issues associated with various strategies of subsistence in accommodating to the habitat, and in dealing with the problems that limit and jeopardize future occupation.

  • subdivides South American into subregions or countries to better understand local processes.
  • discusses how major issues in individual countries affect the continent as a whole.
  • provides up-to-date information and interpretation of the contemporary problems of South America.
  • provides detailed treatment of the current research on South America (Ch. 1), and highlights the state-of-the-art in research in extensive chapter-end bibliographies — with Spanish, French, and German references.



1. Shaping the Image of a Continent.


2. The Natural Environment.


3. The Natural Regions of South America.


4. The Peoples of South America.


5. Strategies for Agricultural Subsistence.


6. South America in the World Economy.


7. Settlement Networks and Urban Systems.


8. The South American States, Their Origin, and Their Relations.


9. Cultural and Ecological Survival.


Conclusion.


Index.

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