Odell, Peter R.

Economies and societies in Latin America : a geographical interpretation / Peter R. Odell and David A. Preston. - Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, 1978. - ix, 289 páginas : ilustraciones, fotografías, mapas a blanco y negro.

List of maps, 1 -- List of plates, 2 -- 1. An Introduction to the Region / Part I. Major themes in the social geography of Latin America / 2. Human groups and their landscapes, 15 -- 3. Types of rural environment, 32 -- 4. Characteristics of the urban environment, 61 -- 5. Land reform and colonization, 81 -- 6. Human mobility: migration and its consequences, 109 -- Part II. Major themes in the economic geography of Latin America / 7. Antecedents to the contemporary geography of economic activity, 125 -- 8. The economic geography of the exploitative economy, 143 -- 9. Regional imbalance in economic development, 171 -- 10. Emerging themes: towards a new economic geography of Latin America, 218 -- 11. The economic geography of Latin American co-operation and integration, 265 -- Index, 281. by P.R. Odell and D.A. Preston, 3 -- by David A. Preston, 15 -- by Peter R. Odell, 125 --

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Condiciones económicas.
Condiciones sociales.


América Latina.

HC 125 / .O33 1978