Understanding Contemporary Latin America

by Richard S. Hillman (Editor)

Thoroughly updated to reflect recent events and trends, this new edition of Understanding Contemporary Latin America treats the range of issues facing the region in the first decade of the twenty-first century. The authors provide current, thorough analyses not only of history, politics, and economics, but also environmental concerns, class and ethnicity, the role of women, religious beliefs, education, and cultural expression. Each topic is covered in an accessible style, while incorporating the latest available scholarship. Maps, photographs, and a table of basic political data enhance the text, which has made its place as the best available introduction to Latin America.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

463 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1996

About the author

Avid tennis player and boater. Married Audrey in 1967. Oliver born in 1967 and Shoshana in 1972.

PhD (NYU - public admin and Latin American pol), Dipl Estudios Hispanicos (Madrid) and AB (Phil) Bates College.

Fulbright Scholar and Professor Emeritus (St John Fisher College)

Lived in Long Island, Maine, Scotland, Spain, Jamaica, and Venezuela. Traveled around the world with Semester at Sea.

Writers conferences: Eckerd College, Rosemary Beach, Taos.

Reisides in Hudson and Clearwater, Florida.

see: amazon.com/author/richardshillman

Reviews

[Belleza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very interesting, well-written book. It gives the reader an introduction to Latin America, and explicits complex relations between different factors. Also, it consists of a very enjoyable reading. If you want to learn more about the Latin American history and its repercussion to today, this is the book.

[Adriana Rueda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Certain bias is presented in some chapters, especially regarding the role of the United States in Latin America, minimizing is responsability in complex problematic such as drug trafficking and presenting in a mere benevolent role.

[Rosie K.]

Read for GOV 328L Latin American Government and Politics.

[Richard Hillman]

text used in many courses and read by travelers.