@article{351566,
      author = {Reid, Michael.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/351566},
      title = {Forgotten continent the battle for Latin America's soul /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Yale University Press,},
      abstract = {Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Not as  poor as Africa, nor as booming as India and China, it has  largely been overlooked. Yet this vast continent, home to  half a billion people, the world's largest reserves of  arable land, and 8.5 percent of global oil, is transforming  its political and economic landscape. This book argues that  Latin America's efforts to build fairer and more prosperous  societies make it one of the world's most vigorous  laboratories for capitalist democracy. In many  countries--including Brazil, Chile and Mexico--democratic  leaders are laying the foundations for faster economic  growth and more inclusive politics, as well as tackling  deep-rooted problems. Failure will increase the flow of  drugs and illegal immigrants to the United States and  Europe, jeopardize stability in a region rich in strategic  commodities, and threaten some of the world's most majestic  natural environments.--From publisher description.},
      recid = {351566},
      pages = {1 online resource (xv, 384 p., [16] p. of plates) :},
      address = {New Haven [Conn.] ;},
      year = {2007},
}