TY - BOOK AU - Odell, Peter R. TI - Economies and societies in Latin America: a geographical interpretation SN - 047199636X AV - HC 125 .O33 1978 PY - 1978/// CY - Chichester PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Condiciones económicas KW - Condiciones sociales KW - América Latina N1 - List of maps, 1 --; List of plates, 2 --; 1. An Introduction to the Region; by P.R. Odell and D.A. Preston, 3 --; Part I. Major themes in the social geography of Latin America; by David A. Preston, 15 --; 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; by Peter R. Odell, 125 --; 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 ER -