Issues in the Spanish-Speaking World

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Providing Spanish language classes with a reference source to encourage critical thinking and debate about the important topics in Spain, Mexico and the rest of Latin and South America today, this title offers 14 chapters, each introducing a major issue in the headlines and then providing pro-and-con positions for student debate, papers and class presentations. The Basque question, indigenous rights, the Christopher Columbus controversy, bullfighting and the war on drugs in Columbia are some of the highlights. Each chapter concludes with a resource guide and helpful vocabulary to facilitate expression in Spanish is an added bonus. Designed to stretch the curriculum and challenge students, this title provides authoritative summaries written expressly to give them a solid, accessible grounding in the culture, politics, religion and society of diverse Spanish speakers.

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"Randle looks at the pros and cons of controversial topics in Latin America and Spain, examining not only familiar controversies--Columbus and the discovery, immigration, the Columbian drug cartel--but also areas that are of great interest in Spain and Latin America, not the United States. It is this multicultural perspective that makes the book particularly valuable....[t]his volume is packed with material written by a well-informed writer."-Multicultural Review
Randle looks at the pros and cons of controversial topics in Latin America and Spain, examining not only familiar controversies--Columbus and the discovery, immigration, the Columbian drug cartel--but also areas that are of great interest in Spain and Latin America, not the United States. It is this multicultural perspective that makes the book particularly valuable....[t]his volume is packed with material written by a well-informed writer.-Multicultural Review

Author Bio

JANICE W. RANDLE is an Associate Professor of Spanish at St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas.