GEOG 332
LATIN AMERICA
List of Topics Receiving Special Emphasis in Dr. Dillman's Course
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Introduction and the Physical Environment
Middle America ant its crossroads significance
The hurricane as an element of regional personality
Life zones in the Andes and elsewhere
The environmental impact of el nino
West Indies
The four voyages of Columbus: routes, discoveries, and consequences
Europeans as agents of cultural and environmental change in the New World
Mesoamerica and the Central Andes as pre-Columbian culture hearths
Sugar, slavery, and the plantation in the West Indies
Colonialism in the Caribbean
Mainland-Rimland culture spheres in Middle America
Puerto Rico's future: the 51st state?
Tourism: the irritant industry
"off-shore" industry in the Caribbean
Mainland Middle America
The Latin American city: heart of economic, political, social, and cultural development
Mexico City: the dominant metropolis
Undocumented immigrants, maquiladoras, twin cities, and the U.S.-Mexico border zone: a world apart
The five "nations" of Mexico
Guatemala: Indians, volcanoes, earthquakes
The insurgent state in Central America and Peru
Tropical deforestation in Central America
Panama Canal: interocean link
South America
The geography of cocaine in south America
The problems of latifundismo and minifundismo
The problems and promise of Amazonia
Brasilia: forward capital and growth pole for development
Chile: South America's growth center on the Pacific Rim
Transformation of the Argentine Pampas
Economic integration schemes in Middle and South America