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Peer reviewedGutierrez, Mariela – Social Studies, 1992
Discusses the ideology contained in Caribbean literature as influenced by Marxism, feminism, politics, and the fragmented sociopolitical history of the region. Examines the short story "Isolda's Mirror" as it relates to the new socioeconomic system in Puerto Rico caused by industrialization and the resulting political and economic…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Context Effect, Cultural Context, Developing Nations
Download full textWilgus, Karna S., Comp. – 1974
This annotated bibliography citing 479 books on Latin America is a revised and updated version of a 1969 edition available as ED 059 120. The emergence of independent nations in the English-speaking Caribbean and other realignments in hemisphere affairs, as well as the appearance of new materials, indicated the need for a new edition. The revision…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Area Studies, Developing Nations, Economics
Weil, Thomas E.; And Others – 1973
This volume on Ecuador is one of a series of handbooks prepared by the Foreign Area Studies (FAS) of the American University, designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries. The emphasis is on…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cultural Background, Demography, Developing Nations
McCracken, Jarrell; Smith, Gary R., Ed. – 1976
This experimental unit on modernization will involve secondary students in researching and developing a 50-nation data bank from which they are asked to make cross-cultural comparisons and analyses. Students infer some of the consequences of economic development on social and political life in a modernizing society, apply the concept of…
Descriptors: African Culture, Asian Studies, Class Activities, Comparative Analysis
