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Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
REF F1406 .E53 1996 (Arlington Campus Reference)
Over 5300 entries including biographical articles, articles on national topics clustered by country (such as Argentina: constitutions, organizations, poli tical parties, etc.
A Reference Guide to Latin American History
REF F1410 .R395 2000
An encyclopedia of entries arranged by (1) a general chronology (chapters on different historical periods followed by chronology of events by year); (2) a topical chronology treating society, politics and government, economic development, culture (literature included) and popular culture (cinema et al.) and other subjects; and (3) biographies of 300 notable figures in Latin American history. Selected bibliography.
Latin American Politics: A Historical Bibliography
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F1414.2 .L315
This is a well-rounded but selective guide to books and articles published on Latin American political history. See also: Latin America: A Political Dictionary (1992), Ref. 980.003 R831, L357, 1992.
Cambridge History of Latin America
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PQ7081.A1 C35 1996
Also in the main stacks 980 C178 1984 A major research tool for historians, this multi-volume set is encyclopedic in scope but organized as an edited history. It is arranged thematically and by region within a chronological format. The different volumes contain substantive essays by renowned historians from Latin America, the United States, and Europe. Each historian also provides a bibliographic essay on relevant literature published as Vol. XI, 1995.
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Websites
The Historical Text Archive: Latin America Page
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Colonial Latin America
Links to primary documents and links to pages for 19th and 20th century pages.
Lanic: Latin American Information Network Center
Links for studies in culture, history, politics arranged by subjects.
H-Net Latin American History
An international forum for the scholarly discussion of Latin American History. It is a member of the H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences Online initiative and affiliated with the Conference On Latin American History (CLAH) .
Un Debate Historico Inconcluso en la America Latina (1600-2000)
The site ranges from "colonial" Peru to contemporary Argentina, including articles, documentary research, maps, tables, and links.
Latin American History
Links arranged by topic.
Latin American History: A Guide to Resources & Research on the Web
Latin American History: Internet Resources
Links, arranged by subject, with 20th-century focus.
Latin American Prehistory
Virtual exhibits with sections on history, culture, archaeology, anthropology, biology and more.
Latin American Studies: Selected Internet Resources
Annotated links which includes section on history.
Maps of the Americas
Mesoweb: An Exploration of Mesoamerican Cultures
Links to articles on history, archaeology, art, and more.
UNESCO: La Historia General de América Latina
Project involving numerous historians, covering a wide range of periods; in Spanish or English) (UNESCO)
World History Archives: South America
World History Compass: Latin America
World History Archives: Americas History Archives
Emphasis on labor history
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