Includes index.

Mesoamerica : Mexico -- The North Centroamerican cultures : Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador -- The South Centroamerican cultures : Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama -- The North Andean cultures : Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador -- The South Andean cultures : Peru and Bolivia -- Brazil -- The western "Southern cone" cultures : Argentina and Chile -- The eastern "Southern cone" cultures : Paraguay and Uruguary -- The Hispanic-African cultures : Cuba, The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico -- The Franco-African cultures : Haiti -- The Anglo-African cultures : Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.