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Web Resources
The
Pew Hispanic Center
Recently founded as part of Univeristy of Southern California, this nonpartisan
think tank specializes on U.S. Latinos.
Academic Info: Latin
American Studies - History
An annotated directory of internet resources from an independent directory compiled
and maintained by Mike Madin.
Latin American Network Information Center
(Univ ofTexas)
LANIC has something on all topics and countries, but the categories social sciences,
countries, and libraries & reference seem the most fruitful for academic
pursuits.
National Resource Centers
for Latin American Studies
This is a link from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Latin American Studies
Center listing other centers in the U.S. Any one of which might be helpful with
resources and other links.
Political Database of the Americas (Georgetown
University)
A project of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Georgetown and the
Secretariat for Political Affairs of the OAS. Offers centralized information
about institutions and political processes, national constitutions, branches
of government, elections, political constitutional studies, etc. for 35 countries.
Subject Guides at Bowdoin
and Colby Colleges.
Reference Works
Encyclopedia
of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
Reference F1406 .E515 2000, 3 vols.
Encyclopedia
of Latin American History and Culture
Reference F1406 .E53 1996, 5 vols.
Cambridge
Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean
Reference F1406 .C36 1992
Cambridge
Economic History of Latin America
HC 125 .C29 2006, 2 vols.
Encyclopedia
of Mexico
Reference F1210 .E63 1997, 2 vols.
Puerto
Rico:Past and Present
Reference F1954 .F47 1997
Hispanic
Culture of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean
Reference F1234 .H794 1996
Historical Dictionary of United States-Latin American
Relations
Reference F1418 .S638 2007
U.S.-
Latin American Policymaking: a reference handbook
Reference Z1609.R4 U59 1995
Quick suggestion for finding similar items in the
Library.
For books and other sources use 'Latin
America History' and browse the results, or add specific time
periods such as:
Or refine your search with more definitive subject terms such
as:
You may also want to search for subjects related to specific countries
such as:
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