LATIN, SOUTH AMERICAN, AND CARIBBEAN HISTORY

General Reference Sources	General Bibliographies	South and Latin American Indians	Political Issues
United States and Latin America	Spain and Latin America	Race and Ethnic Issues	Women and Latin America
Statistical and Economic Information	Latino Culture and History in the United States	Country Studies	Latin American Literature
Web Sites	Journals and Periodical Indexes	Atlases

Encyclopedia of Latin America History and Culture (1996) 5 vols.  Organized alphabetically by topic, this has become the standard reference work in this area. Has maps, photographs, graphics, and references, many in Spanish. Index in vol. 5.	REF F1406.E53
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean (1992)  A one volume work so not as comprehensive as the Encyclopedia of Latin America History and Culture noted above, but still very useful. Organized by broad topic, e.g. The Physical Environment, Economy, History, etc., with many sub-divisions therein. Includes photographs, maps, graphics, references, and an index.	REF F1406.C36
Dictionary of Twentieth Century Culture: Hispanic Culture of South America (1995)  Organized alphabetically by topic, this deals primarily with South America but contains many entries on Latin America and the Caribbean. Includes a timeline, indexes and a topical table of contents.	REF F2237.H57
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations: vol.3 The Americas (1995)  Provides a comprehensive "snapshot" of each country in the world, with Vol. 3 devoted to North and South America. Organized alphabetically by name of country. Each entry includes a picture of the country's flag, emblem, map, and 50 sub-headings coverning virtually every aspect of the political, social, economic, historical, and natural conditions. Includes bibliography.	REF G63.W67
Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English, English-Spanish (1994)	REF PC4640.O94

Latin America: A Guide to the Historical Literature (1971)  Though dated, this provides annotated bibliographies for both English and non-English sources on a wide range of topics relating to both Latin America and the Caribbean. For the most part it is organized chronologically.	REF F2230.4.G7
Revolution and Structural Change in Latin America: A Bibliography on Ideology, Development and the Radical Left (1930-1965. (1970) 2 vols  Since this volume has a particular emphasis on revolution and the left, only selected countries in Latin and South America and the Caribbean which have had a history of leftist engagement are included. Many of the entries are for local publications and pamphlets, as well as books and journal articles. A fairly large number are Spanish publications.	REF F2204.C4
Latin American Military History: An Annotated Bibliography (1992)  Organized by country or region (including South America and the Caribbean), each 20-50 page section has an introductory essay followed by a bibliography. The term "military" is defined broadly to include diplomatic and foreign relations issues, and social and economic topics. The time period covered is from the days of the conquest to the early 1990's. Entries for materials in both English and non-English.	REF F1410.5.L3
Caribbeana, 1900-1965: A Topical Bibliography (1968)   Organized by broad topics (e.g. The Past, The People, Elements of Culture, etc.) and sub-headings therein. The organization of this volume can be a little confusing; refer to pages xiii-xiv for a guide to understanding the references. And, though dated, this can be a very useful guide to finding older materials on the Caribbean. Includes both English and non-English sources	REF F2204.C6
Latin America Studies: A Basic Guide to Sources (1990)   This source is probably of more use to the graduate student or librarian, but it can be very useful guide for the undergraduate to identify bibliographies, databases, sound recordings, statistical information, periodicals, newspapers, archives, etc. The next step would be to located libraries which contain these materials.	REF F1408.L39

Handbook of South American Indians (1963) 7 vols.   Detailed ethnographic studies of primarily South American, Central, and Caribbean Indians. Each volume is dedicated to a particular Indian civilization, geographical region, or broad topic. Many drawings and photographs. Bibliography at the end of each volume; index in vol. 7.	REF F2229.S75
Encyclopedia of Mesoamerica (1996)   Covers Mesoamerican Indian culture and society in Mexico and Central America. Brief entries organized alphabetically by topic, but with many longer articles on such topics as art and architecture, social life and festivals, gods and goddesses, etc. Includes Guide to Pronunciation, Appendices of Mesoamerican deities and cultural groups, bibliography, and index.	REF F1219.B932

Who's Who in Latin America: Government, Politics, Banking & Industry (1993)   Organized by country, including South America and the Caribbean, provides basic biographical information on contemporary political and economic leaders. Indexed.	REF F1407.W52
Handbook of Political Science Research on Latin America: Trends from the 1960's to the 1990's (1990)   Articles by scholars discussing research and methodological trends, seminal works, and implications for research. Organized into two parts, Comparative Politics and International Politics and by individual countries and regions therein. Includes bibliographies, lists of major research centers, and indexes.	REF JA84.L3H36
Biographical Dictionary of Latin American and Caribbean Political Leaders (1988)   Organized alphabetically, this dictionary contains brief biographical entries on political as well as social leaders, contemporary and historical. Contains no pictures or photographs, but there is a brief bibliography after each entry. Indexed.	REF F1414.2.B48
Latin America Politics: A Historical Bibliography (1984)   Though dated, still a very useful source. Contains thousands of annotated entries, most in English. Organized by region and specific country therein. Includes Caribbean and South American countries.	REF F1414.2.L3
Dictionary of Contemporary Politics of Central America and the Caribbean (1991)   Contains entries for both individuals and political topics, but not as detailed as the Biographical Dictionary... noted above. Nor does it have bibliographies or references, but still a useful quick guide to political events, personalities and topics. "Contemporary" seems to be defined as 20th century.	REF F2183.G86
Political Parties of the Americas: Canada, Latin America and the West (1982)  Though dated, this provides a good historical background of the political parties in Latin and South America and the Caribbean. It is organized by county and includes chronology, genealogy (relationship among the parties, name changes, splinter groups, etc.), and a list of ideological and interest group parties (though it is unclear how these later differ from the political parties discussed in the rest of the volume). Indexed.	REF JL195.P64

United States and Latin America: A Historical Dictionary (1992)   Organized alphabetically by topic, this dictionary provides concise entries on individuals, events and topics relating to the history of United States-Latin American relations. Each entry includes one or more references. Also includes an index and list of significant individuals organized by their occupation or profession.	REF 1418.S494
A Bibliography of United States-Latin American Relations since 1810 (1968)   Organized chronologically and by specific countries (e.g. the US and Mexico, the US and Columbia, etc.). Many sub-divisions make this an easy volume to use. Most entries are for English language materials. An excellent source for finding older materials.	REF 1418.T7
Guide to Latin America in the National Archives of the United States (1974)  Though dated, a useful beginning source for identifying materials held by the US National Archives. Organized by Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches and by numerous departments, agencies, and committees therein. Each records group contains an overall scope note of the holdings, and brief descriptions and date ranges of files. Includes index and appendicies listing microform holdings and diplomatic and consular records.	REF CD3028.L37U54

Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Empire, 1402-1975 (1992)   Organized alphabetically by topic. Includes chronology, list of Colonial Viceroys, bibliography, and index.

REF DP56.H57

Race and Ethnic Relations in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Historical Dictionary and Bibliography (1980)   Divided into two parts. The first is a dictionary of topics, names and ethnic terms organized alphabetically, and the second is a bibliography organized by particular countries or regions. The bibliographical citations themselves are organized by the last name of the author so the bibliography has limited use if searching by subject. However, the total number of citations for any particular country or region is rather concise so one could peruse each section of the bibliography fairly quickly.

REF F1419.A1L48

Latinas of the Americas: A Source Book (1989)   Bibliographic essays on many issues dealing with women and Latin America (e.g. education, feminist studies, religion, history, political science, etc). Each essay discusses research trends, seminal works and implications for research. Each essay also has an extensive bibliography. Includes indexes.	REF HQ 1460.5.S7
Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography from Pre-Conquest to Contemporary Times (1977)   Annotated bibliographies organized by broad topics (art, marriage and the family, history, etc) and geographical therein (Spanish America-General, Middle America, South America, Caribbean). Has many non-English language sources. A list of periodical abbreviations is found on pp. xxvii-xli. Includes citations for dissertations, and indexes. Dated, but still useful for finding older materials, many pre-dating the rise of feminist studies as a major academic discipline.	REF HQ1460.5.K5
Women in the Third World: A Historical Bibliography (1986)   Annotated bibliographies. Includes a section on "Women in Latin America and the West Indies"	REF HQ1870.9.B9

Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean (1996ed)   Very complete source for socioeconomic data presented both by region and individual countries. Time frame covers 1970-1995. Includes South America. Data presented in both Spanish and English. Earlier volumes, back to 1993, are in Old Reference Storage, lower floor of the Library.	REF HA751.A58
Statistical Abstract for Latin America (1996ed)   Similar to Statistical Yearbook for Latin America... noted above in terms of socio-economic indicators. However, in many cases, this volume extends data back to 1900 and projects to 2025. Older volumes, back to 1963, are found in Old Reference Storage, lower floor of the Library. Also many supplements in this series with statistics on US-Mexico boarder, the rise of professional groups, population and urban issues.	REF HA 931.C3
International Historical Statistics, 1750-1988: The Americas (1993ed)   Data organized into North and South America with states in Latin America and the Caribbean found in the North America sections. Data presented in broad topics (e.g. population, labor, agriculture, industry, education, etc.) and many subdivisions therein. "1750" in the title is misleading; most data covers the 20th century with quite a few tables extending back to the mid-19th century. For the most part only population data extends back to 1750.	REF HA175.M52
Cross-Polity Time-Series Data Book (1971)   Very interesting and unique collection of statistical information. Allows for comparison between countries over periods of time, often extending back to mid 19th century. Much of the data is atypical from that found in other statistical sources listed above. For instance, includes data on telegraph mileage, telegrams sent, mail, newspapers, book production, purges, riots, revolutions, etc. Keys to the tables are found in the lower left corner of all even numbered pages.	REF HA42.B25
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean (current year in Reference room; previous years in Old Storage; disc for current year in Media Room, 218)  Published by the United Nations, includes detailed analyses of regional economic policies, inflation, employment, external sector, and overall economic trends as well as chapters devoted to individual countries. Includes many charts, graphs and tables. Library has issues from 1965-1980, 1984, and 1992 to the present.	REF HC161.U5251
South American Economic Handbook (1986)  Chapters are organized by region and specific countries (not including Central America or the the Caribbean) Within each chapter are subheadings relating to such issues as agriculture, manufacturing, mining, energy, consumer spending, foreign trade, etc. Most data extends back to the 1970's Includes index and appendices of tables and econmic data.	REF HC165.S64
Market: Latin America Issues from the Dynamic Market Reprint Series. Consists of articles, monographs, and agency reports dealing with issues of consumers, markets, media, trends and surveys. Each issue has many charts, tables, and graphs of economic and demographic information. Much of the information extends back to the 1980's  Consumers in South America (1995)   Consumers in Central America and the Caribbean (1995)  Consumers in Argentina and Chile (1995)  Consumers in Mexico (1995)	REF HF5415.33.S63C66  REF HF5415.33.C35C66  REF HF5415.33.A7C66  REF HF5415.33.M6C66

The Latino Encyclopedia (1996) 6 vols.   Organized alphabetically by topic with detailed entries on all aspects of Latino history, culture, society, events, personalities, etc. both in the United States, Latin America, and worldwide. Includes photographs and maps with an index in vol. 6.	REF E184.S75
Handbook of Hispanic Culture in the United States (1993)   Each volume is organized around a broad topic. Vol. 1-Literature and the Arts; Vol. 2-Anthropology; Vol. 3-History; Vol. 4-Sociology. 20-30 page chapters are devoted to subheadings relating to the broad topic for that volume. Includes photographs, drawings, maps, chronologies, and brief bibliographies after most entries. Each volume is separately indexed.	REF E184.S75H365
Chronology of Hispanic-American History (1995)   Concise entries that cover events from pre-Columbian times to the present. Includes a glossary and full-texts of significant documents, i.e. treaties, constitutions, laws, etc.	REF E184.S75C49
Hispanic-American Almanac: A Reference Work on Hispanics in the United States (1993)  An encyclopedic work with lengthy chapters devoted to such issues as historic landmarks, family, language, women, politics, religion, music, sports, etc. Generally this source can provide a solid background for many of the issues, events, personalities relating to Hispanic-Americans. Many photographs and graphics. Includes index and very brief and marginally useful bibliography.	REF E184.S75H557
The Hispanic Presence in North America, From 1492 to the Present (1991)  Organized by broad geographic region (e.g.Atlantic Coast States) and by individual states therein. Each state is arranged as a seperate chapter and includes thorough overview of Hispanic history and influence within that particular state. Most of the information deals with history and culure, little on  economic or social issues. Appendices include lists of spanish governors, missions, hispanic cultural, historic, educational and fraternal organizations, and spanish language publications and media. Includes bibliography and index.	REF E169.1.F375
Statistical Record of Hispanic Americans (1993) Very comprehensive collection of demographic, social, educational, health, economic, political, and law enforcement data. Includes lists of sources of all data and index.	REF E184.S75S74

Country Study (1985)

REF F2808.A74

Country Study (1991)

REF F3308.B64

Country Study (1987)	REF F2508.B73
Historical Dictionary of Brazil (1979)	REF F2504.L46

Country Study (1994)	REF F3058.C55
Historical Dictionary of Chile (1987)	REF F3054.B5
Historical Statistics of Chile: National Accounts (1978)	REF HC195.I5M17

Country Study (1990)	REF F2271.C64
Historical Dictionary of Columbia (1993)	REF F2254.D38

Country Study (1983)	REF F1543.C67
Historical Dictionary of Costa Rica (1991)	REF F1542.C7

Historical Dictionary of Cuba (1988)	REF F1754.S83
Cuban Revolutionary War, 1953-1958: A Historical Bibliography (1988)	REF F1787.5.P4
Cuba: A Handbook of Historical Studies (1982)	REF F1778.S37
La Encyclopedia de Cuba (1975)	REF F1754.E52

Country Study (1991)

REF F1934.D64

Country Study (1991)	REF F3708.E38
World Bibliographical Series-Ecuador (1989)	REF F3708.C6

Country Study (1990)

REF F1483.E46

Historical Dictionary of the French and Netherlands Antilles (1978)

REF F2151.G25

Country Study (1983)

REF F1463.G83

Country Study (1993)

REF F2368.G8

Country Study (1995)	REF F1503.5.H66
Historical Dictionary of Honduras (1994)	REF 1502.M56

Country Study (1989)

REF F1231.I85

Country Study, 4th ed. (1997)	REF F1208.M49
Encyclopedia of Ancient Mesoamerica (1996)	REF F1219.B932
Historical Dictionary of Mexico (1981)	REF F1204.B74
Mexico Business-The Portable Encyclopedia for Doing Business with Mexico (1994)	REF HC135.M54534
Consumer Mexico (1996)	REF HC140.C6C64

Country Study (1994)

REF F1523.N4

Historical Dictionary of Panama (1970)

REF F1562.H43

Country Study (1990)	REF F2668.P37
Historical Dictionary of Paraguay (1993)	REF F2664.K64

Country Study (1993)

REF F3408.P47

Historical Dictionary of Puerto Rico (1973)	REF F1954.F37
The Puerto Ricans: An Annotated Bibliography (1973)	REF F1954.V5
The Puerto Ricans: Migration and General Bibliography (1975)	REF F1954.P8

Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago (1997)

REF F2119.A575

Country Study (1992)	REF F2708.U855
World Bibliographical Series-Uruguay (1989)	REF F2704.F5

Country Study (1993)	REF F2308.V46
Historical Dictionary of Venezuela (1996)	REF F2304.R8

Dictionary of Literary Biography   The Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) is a series of separately edited volumes of biographical and critical essays on literary authors. Each volume relates to worldwide, contemporary and historical  literary types, genres, time periods, or geographical areas. Essays also contain a photograph of the author and substantial primary and secondary bibliographies.   Volumes devoted to Latin American and Caribbean writers are:   Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers,, first series, Vol. 113 (1992)  Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, first series   Vol. 117 (1992)   Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, second series   Vol. 125 (1993)   Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers, second series Vol. 145 (1994)  Twentieth-Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, third series   Vol. 157 (1996)	REF PS129.D47
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature (1997)	REF PQ7081.A1E56
Hispanic Literature Criticism (1994)	REF PQ7081.A1H573
Cambridge History of Latin America Literature (1996) 3 vols.	REF PQ7081.A1C35
Handbook of Latin American Literature (1992)	REF PQ7081.A1H36
Latin American Writers (1984)	REF PQ7081.A1L37
Masterpieces of Latino Literature (1994)	REF PQ7081.A1M29
Contemporary Latin American Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography (1984)	REF PQ7082.N7B7
Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes (1994)	REF PQ3081.3.F62
West Indian Literature: An Index to Criticism, 1930-1975 (1981)	REF PQ7361.A4
Dictionary of Twentieth Century Cuban Literature (1990)	REF PQ7378.D53
Puerto Rican Literature (1982)	REF PQ7421.F6
Biographical Handbook of Hispanics and United States Film	REF PN1995.9.H47KK  46
Mexican Literature (1981)	REF PQ7106.F6

Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS)   http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/   Maintained by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress and updated monthly, this is probably the most extensive bibliographical source on Latin America. Link to "Search HLAS On-Line" for a search engine that supports searching by author, title, subject, and full-text (the latter refers to searches of the entire citation; there are no full-text documents in HLAS On-Line). Searches can also be limited by year (HLAS has been published annually in print version since 1935). In the list of citations, journal names are generally abbreviated, however a link to "Journals" will list the full title of the journals. Note: the TCNJ Library has the print volumes, 1940-1974, (REF Z1605.H23) in Old Reference Storage, lower floor of the library.

Latin American and Caribbean Government Documents Project http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/index.html Links to government documents available on the internet.

Latin American Studies - University of Maryland Libraries http://www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/MCK/GUIDES/latin_america.html Some of this material is specific to the University of Maryland, but not all.

Latin American Studies   http://lanic.utexas.edu/las.html   Maintained by the University of Texas Institute of Latin American Studies. A nicely organized site with links arranged both by country and subject. A search engine, which supports Boolean operators (and, or, not, near), allows for searches by specific topics. Probably the best single Web site on Latin American studies.

Historical Text Archive   http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/  Maintained by Mississippi State University, the Historical Text Archives provides digitized collections of many primary source materials. The link to "Latin America" leads to collections of sites organized by broad topic (e.g. Colonial Period, Regional Histories, Bibliographies, etc.)

Repositories of Primary Sources   http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/Other.Repositories.html   The University of Idaho has created links to thousands of libraries, museums, special collections, and archival centers throughout the world, each of which has on-line information regarding its primary source collection. Most of the sites provide descriptions of the collections and policies and procedures for accessing items. Many sites also have on-line finding aides and a number have digitized documents. However, since there are no annotations, there is no way of knowing what kind of information is available at each site without actually going to the site and exploring

Library of Congress- Country Studies/Area Handbook Program http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html  See description above under Country Studies

CNN Interactive World News-Americas  http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/  A good source of current information on Latin and South America.

LatinWorld  http://www.latinworld.com/ Maintained by Netpoint Communications, a  Miami based internet provider, this bi-lingual site is a directory of interent sites relating to Latin American business, news, government, sports, travel, etc.

Periodical Indexes  America: History and Life CD-ROM (1982-current)   Available on PC's in the Library, this is an annotated bibliography of articles from thousands of journals relating to history as well as book chapters, book reviews, and dissertations. Though dealing primarily with the United States and Canada, there are many citations for articles on Latin and South American countries, regions, and topics. The database supports searches by keyword (referred to as "Subjects"), main subject headings (referred to as "Descriptors"), specific time periods, language, article type, as well as author, title, and name of journal.   Black Studies on Disc CD-ROM   This electronic database, available on all PC's at the library, includes both the Catalog of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (1975-present) and the annual Index to Black Periodicals (1988-present). Citations include journals, books, dissertations, archives, microforms, audio/visual materials, and others. Search is by keyword with browse and display options available. Though dealing primarily with African and Afro-American topics, there are many citations for topics relating to Latin and South America.

Journals and Magazines at the West Library  Journal of Latin American Studies (1969-current; index of vols. 1-15, 1969-1983 REF F1401.J69)   Latin American Research Review (1965-1986)  Americas (English edition, 1949-1988; Spanish edition, 1992-current)   Cambio 16 (Spanish magazine; 1994-current)   Hispano Americano (Spanish magazine; 1969-current)   Diario Las Americas (Spanish newspaper; current month only)   El Diario La Prensa (Spanish newspaper; current month only)   El Pais (Spanish newspaper; current month only)

Latin America History: A Teaching Atlas (1983)	REF G1541.S1L6
Atlas of South America (1991)	REF G1700.B7
Historical Atlas of Latin America: political, geographic, economic, cultural (1967)	REF F1408.W66

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