An Atlas and Survey of Latin American History provides a comprehensive, accessible introduction to both the human and physical geography of Latin America and the social, cultural, political and economic events that have defined its history.

Table of Contents

• Preface and Acknowledgments
• 1. The Land and its Peoples
• 1A. Primary Geographic Features
• 1B. The Peoples and Nations
• 1C. Indigenous America at the End of the Twentieth Century
• 2. America Before 1500
• 2A. Theories of Arrival and Paleolithic America
• 2B. Mexico, Central America, and the Antilles Before 1500
• 2C. South America Before 1500
• 3. Science, Exploration, and Expansion
• 3A. Exploration of the Atlantic and the West African Coast
• 3B. The Four Voyages of Columbus
• 3C. America: The Name
• 3D. The First Voyages Around the Globe
• 4. The Iberian Conquest of America
• 4A. From Trading Post to Colonies: The Creation of the Grand Antilles
• 4B. Toward the Interior: The Aztec Empire and Its Dominion
• 4C. Toward the Interior: The Spanish Territories in North America
• 4D. Toward the Interior: The Inca Empire and Its Dominion
• 4E. Toward the Deep Continental Conquest
• 4F. Brazil in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
• 5. America Under Hapsburg Rule
• 5A. Cities Founded in Hispanic America Before 1600
• 5B. Hapsburg Territorial and Administrative Organization
• 5C. Republics of Citizens (Spaniards) and Indians
• 5D. Slave Centers During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
• 5E. The Spanish Flotilla
• 5F. Exploiting Mining Centers
• 5G. Intra- and Interregional Circulations in the Americas
• 6. America Under Bourbon Rule
• 6A. The Intendancy System and Other Administrative Reforms
• 6B. Non-Iberian European Territories in the Caribbean and Central, South, and North America
• 6C. Universities, Science, and Culture
• 6D. The Birth of Public Opinion: The Printing Press, Newspapers, and Literary Salons
• 7. From Autonomy to Independence
• 7A. Haiti: The Forgotten Revolution
• 7B. Mexico and Central America: From the “Grito de Dolores” to Monarchy
• 7C. War Among Creoles and Against Spaniards: The Andean Phase
• 7D. The Southern Cone Independence Process and Brazilian Independence
• 8. Latin America in the Nineteenth Century
• 8A. Mexico and Central America
• 8B. South America
• 8C. Export-led Economic Growth: Mid-Century
• 8D. Liberal Reforms in Latin America
• 8E. The United States Discovers a Continent
• 8F. Brazil: Monarchy to the First Republic
• 8G. The Vestiges of Empire: Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Guyanas
• 9. Latin American Economies in the Twentieth Century
• 9A. From England to the United States: North American Investment Through 1929
• 9B. Modernization in Transportation and Communications
• 9C. The Impact of the Great Depression of 1929 in Latin America
• 9D. Mining and Petroleum
• 9E. Import-Substituting Economic Development
• 9F. Production by Nation
• 9G. Public Expenditures in Latin America, 1945–c. 1995
• 9H. Latin American Trade Blocs
• 9I. North American Trade Blocs
• 9J. A Deforestation Estimate
• 10. Demographics and Population in the Twentieth Century
• 10A. The Birth of the Major Metropolitan Areas
• 10B. Population Growth
• 10C. Growth of Urban Population
• 10D. Migration Patterns from Latin America to the United States
• 10E. Migration Patterns from Latin America to Other Countries
• 10F. Migration Patterns Within Latin America
• 11. Political, Social, and Cultural Issues
• 11A. Indigenismo
• 11B. Populism in Latin America
• 11C. Armed Forces and Dictatorships, 20th Century Style
• 11D. Collapse of Democracy, Birth of Debt
• 11E. Drug Trafficking and Informal Markets
• 11F. Education Compared by Country
• 11G. Nobel Laureates and Other Significant Persons in Culture and Science
• 11H. Music of Latin America
• 12. Revolutionary Movements
• 12A. The Mexican Revolution
• 12B. Bolivia and Guatemala: The Early 1950s
• 12C. Cuba, 1959
• 12D. Guerrilla Movements: Che and Colombia
• 12E. The Sandinista Revolution and Central America
• 12F. Indigenous Twentieth Century Movements: Peru's Sendero Luminoso, Mexico's EZLN, and Brazil's MST
• 13. Latin America in the New Millennium
• 13A. Plan Colombia/Mérida Initiative: Problem Solving, Twenty-First Century Style
• 13B. Brazil and Venezuela: A Tale of Two Crises
• 13C. Middle Class Growth, Twenty-First Century Style
• 13D. Television and Telenovelas in Latin America
• 13E. Sports in Latin America
• 13F. Violence Against Women in Latin America
• 13G. Housing in Latin America
• 13H. Public Health in Latin America
• 13I. Where Goes the Left in Latin America?