List of Maps, Tables, Figures, and Illustrations 1 Introduction: Latin America Leading the Learning Curve Jan Knippers Black PART ONE: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE 2 Landscape and Settlement Patterns Alfonso Gonzalez 3 The Indian Populations of Latin America Karl H. Schwerin 4 Harmonizing and Disharmonizing Human and Natural Environments David Stea and G. Shane Lewis PART TWO: HISTORICAL SETTING 5 Colonial Latin America Peter Bakewell 6 Latin America Since Independence: An Overview Michael Conniff PART THREE: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES 7 Latin American Economies Restructure, Again William P. Glade 8 Social Structure and Change in Latin America Henry Veltmeyer and James Petras 9 Strategies and Trends in Latin American Activism Wendy Muse Sinek PART FOUR: POLITICAL PROCESSES AND TRENDS 10 Participation and Political Process: The Collapsible Pyramid Jan Knippers Black 11 Women and Latin American Politics: Participation, Citizenship, and Democracy Jane S. Jaquette 12 Globalization, Insecurity, and Crisis in the Americas Jorge Nef PART FIVE: EXTERNAL RELATIONS 13 International Relations in Latin America: Conflict and Cooperation James Lee Ray 14 The United States and Latin America: Into a New Era Wayne S. Smith PART SIX: MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA 15 Mexico: A Revolution Laid to Rest? Fred R. Harris and Martin C. Needler 16 Central America: From Revolution to "Low-Intensity Democracies" Thomas W. Walker and Christine J. Wade 17 Panama and the Canal Steve C. Ropp PART SEVEN: CUBA AND THE CARIBBEAN 18 The Cuban Revolution Nelson P. Valdes 19 The Caribbean: The Structure of Modern-Conservative Societies Anthony P. Maingot PART EIGHT: THE ANDES 20 Colombia's Split-Level Realities Jan Knippers Black with William H. Godnick 21 Venezuela: The Challenge to a "Model Democracy" Steve Ellner 22 Ecuador: Political Turmoil, Social Mobilization, and a Turn Toward the Left Pablo Andrade A. and Liisa L. North 23 Peru: Precarious Democracy amid Dependent Development in a Divided Nation Cy
