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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Forrest D. ColburnPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780691091815ISBN 10: 0691091811 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 03 March 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix 1. Introduction 1 2. Latin America as a Place 9 3. Urban Bias 17 4. An Ideological Vacuum 25 5. Fragile Democracies 33 6. The Business of Being in Business 45 7. Environmental Degradation 55 8. Malls 65 9. Crime 73 10. The Poor 81 11. Struggling for Gender Equality 89 12. El Gringo 99 13. What to Paint? 109 14. Migration 119 15. Conclusion 127 List of Illustrations 135 A Note about Sources 137 Bibliography 139ReviewsThe one book on Latin America that is essential reading this year... Skillfully interlacing the big picture with evocative and sympathetic portraits, [Colburn's] book is an elegantly succinct, if depressing, synopsis of the region's condition as it enters a new century. -- Kenneth Maxwell Foreign Affairs Author InformationForrest D. Colburn is the author of, among other works, The Vogue of Revolution in Poor Countries (Princeton). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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