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Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Prepared by Mika Slaughter

November, 2003

 

Databases
Chicano Database 1967 to date  

Covers all types of material on Mexican-American topics and about Chicanos including material on the broader Latino experience, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans, and Central American immigrants.

Handbook of Latin American Studies  

1990 to date

A bibliography on Latin America consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Covers social sciences and humanities. Also offered through the Library of Congress.

HAPI Online  1970 to date

HAPI is the online version of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index supplying authoritative, worldwide information about Central and South America , Mexico , the Caribbean basin, the United States-Mexico border region, and Hispanics in the United States .

LAPTOC (Latin American Periodicals Table of Contents)      

The Latin American Periodicals Tables of Contents (LAPTOC) is a searchable Web database that provides access to the tables of contents of more than 800 journals, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, published in Latin America.

Latin American Newsletters       

Presents a comprehensive analysis on current socio-political and economic affairs in Latin America . Includes all Latin American Newsletter information resources EXCEPT Latinnews Daily and the titles in Spanish.

Pais International (Public Affairs Information Service) 1968 to date.

Comprised of articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters and statistical directories about public affairs.

 

Periodicals

Americas  2000 to date
Colonial Latin American Review 1998 to date
CQ Researcher 1991 to date
Economia 2000 to date
Hispanic American Historical Review 1918-1999, 1999 to date
Hopscotch 1999 to date
Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies 2000 to date
Journal of Latin American Studies 1969-1999, 1997 to date
Latin American Research Review 1965-1999, 2003 to date

 

Finding Books

When searching for books on Latin America or the Caribbean in the Libraries of the USF System Online Catalog, combine search terms best results (for example: combine the terms "Latin America" and "dictionaries" to search for dictionaries on Latin America).  Reference sources can be found on the first floor, while other books on Latin American and Caribbean Studies in the circulation collection can be found on the second and third floor of the library.   For Spanish language resources, refer to the two subject guides: Spanish Language Resources and Spanish Language Books. 

 

Bibliographies and Guides

Best of Latino Heritage, 1996-2002   REF F1408 .S36 2003
Reference Guide to Latin American History REF F1410 .H463 2000

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, & Yearbooks

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures REF F1406 .E515 2000
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture REF F1406 .E53 1996
Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics REF F1410 .E56 2002
Europa World Yearbook REF JN1 .E85 2003
Latin American Trade REF HC94 .R668 1995
Random House Latin American Spanish Dictionary REF PC4822 G65 1997

Social Life and Customs

On the Plaza: The Politics of Public Space and Culture F1410 .L69 2000
Renewing the Maya World F1465.2 .Q5 C66 2000

Economic Conditions, Economic Policy, and Foreign Economic Relations

Banana Wars HD9259 .B3 E773 2003
Caribbean Economies in the Twenty-first Century HC151 .C312 2002
Caribbean Survival and the Global Challenge HF1495 .G66 2002
The Commonwealth Caribbean HF3498 .C27 E87 2002
Competitiveness in Small Developing Countries HC59.7 .W555 2003
Contemporary Latin America HC125 .M855 2003
East Asia and Latin America: the Unlikely Alliance HF1600.5 .Z4 L294 2003
Emerging Market Democracies: East Asia and Latin America JQ1499 .A91 E44 2002
Financing for Development in Latin American and the Caribbean HC125 .F66 2001
Latin America at the End of Politics JL966 .C65 2002
Latin America: From Colonization to Globalization F1414.2 .C486 1999
Latin America in Transition GN397.7 .L38 S65 2003
Market, Socialist, and Mixed Economies HC192 .M47 2000

Ethnic Relations and Race Relations

Caribbean Slavery in the Atlantic World HT1071 .C343 2000   
Post-nationalism Prefigured F2176 .C36 2002
Tribal Village to Global Village E65 .B78 2000
Working Slavery, Pricing Freedom HT1105 .C37 W67 2002

Foreign Relations

Bad Neighbor Policy HV5825 .C34 2003
James G. Blaine and Latin America F1418 .H383 2001
Legacy of the Monroe Doctrine F1418 .D458 1999
Most Dangerous Area in the World F1418 .M24 1999
Second Century: U.S. and Latin American Relations Since 1889 F1418 .G4873 2000
South and the Caribbean F209 .S695 2001
Sugar and Power in the Dominican Republic E183.8 .D6 H35 2000

Gender Issues, Human Rights, and Social Conditions

Children's Rights, Caribbean Realities HQ792 .C27 C55 2001
Gender in Latin America HQ1075.5 .L29 C53 2003
Gender's Place in Latin America HQ1075.5 .L29 G462 2002
Minor Omissions: Children in Latin American History and Society HQ792 .L3 M56 2002
Rereading Women in Latin America and the Caribbean HQ1460.5 .R46 2002
Women of Colonial Latin America HQ1460.5 .S64 2000
Women's Movement in International Perspective HQ1460.5 .M64 2001

History

Americana: the Americas in the World, Around 1850 E18.83 .D86 2000
Blood and Debt: War and the Nation State in Latin America F1410.5 .C46 2002
Born in Blood and Fire F1410 .C4397 2001
British Atlantic World, 1500-1800 E18.82 .B75 2002
Business History in Latin America HC123 .E4613 1999
Caribbean Banana Trade HD9259 .B3 C273 2002
Conquistadors F1411 .W66 2000
Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America E184 .S75 G6555 2000
Latin America 's Wars F1413 .S34 2003
Liberators: Latin America 's Struggle for Independence , 1810-1830 F1412 .H417 2000
Lost Fleet: The Discovery of a Sunken Armada from the Golden Age of Piracy G530 .C6219 2002
Modern Latin American Revolutions F1414.2 .S39 1999
The Nation-state in Latin America F1410.5 .C46 2002
Nelson in the Caribbean : The Hero Emerges DA87.1 .N4 C257 2003
Slave Traffic in the Age of Abolition HT1086 .D67 2003
Slavery Without Sugar HT1071 .S54 2002
States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean , 1760-1940 S477 .A1 M33 2002
Sugar HD9114 .J252 H37 2001

             

Politics and Government

Capturing the Revolution F1414.2 .G356 2001
Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America JL966 .D4538 2002
Democracy in Latin America JL966 .L54 1999
For La Patria JL956 .C58 L68 1999
Latin America in Crisis F1410 .S554 2000
Latin America : From Colonization to Globalization F1414.2 .C486 1999
Latin Politics, Global Media P95.82 .L29 L38 2002
Mandates and Democracy JL996 .S76 2001
Mass Media and Foreign Policy PN4888 .C47 M37 2003
Populism in Latin America JL996 .P66 1999
Rights in Latin America JL966 .D4538 2002
Soul of Latin America JL960 .W52 2001

 


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