Latin America
For resources from the Bryn Mawr Library, click on Bibliography. See also entries for SOUTH AMERICA for additional information.
Macro or Gateway Sources For Latin America as a Whole:
LANIC - Latin American Network Information Center Important source.
The most comprehensive and scholarly site for all kinds of Latin American information on the Web. Sponsored by the U. of Texas.
Maps of the Americas (from the Perry-Castandea Map Library at the U. of Texas)
Latin America on the Net: Regiones | Regions organized by region and country; trilingual -- in Spanish, English, and Portuguese
The Handbook of Latin American Studies "an annotated bibliography of scholarly resources published about Latin American studies. The Handbook consists of works selected and annotated by scholars. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities."
LADB: A News and Educational Service on Latin America - Latin America Data Base; searchable website of three online Latin American publications
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Links below may be used to find data for specific countries:
CIA - The World Factbook
Eldis Country Profiles
Library of Congress Country Studies/Area Studies
Lonely Planet - SubWWWay to the Americas
Yahoo Directory - Countries and Regions of Latin America
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Full-Text or Primary Sources:
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Latin America in the 19th Century
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Colonial Latin America
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: 20th Century Latin America
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Middle School Sites:
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage! history and people from Scholastic
Expeditions "150 Years of Smithsonian Research in Latin America" ; can view either with Shockwave or without; in English or Spanish
InterKnowledge - Latin American Destinations broken down by country
Latin America- from Minnesota State University; includes geography, culture, people and history
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Topical Sources:
History (Colonial Revolutions; U.S. relations):
Historical Text Archive - Latin America - Colonial
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Colonial Latin America
Latin American Studies Resources from the Bobst Library at NYU; well organized
The Mesoamerican Ballgame - requires flash; discusses Mesoamerican (Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador) ancient "sport of life and death"
U.S. Intervention in Latin America created for students
U.S.-Cuban Relations from the State Department
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Literature
Literature in Latin America - LANIC
Open Directory - Arts: Literature: World Literature: Latin American
Merle Hodge - from Emory U.; brief biography and discusses themes in her books
Colonial & Postcolonial Literary Dialogues: Text Page - Crick, Crack Monkey
Derek Walcott - Biography from the Nobel Prize site; brief biography
Pablo Neruda-Biography from the Nobel Prize site; brief biography
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Art
Archivos Virtuales- Papers of Latino and Latin American Artists, from the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives.
Geography (Caribbean, Central America, South America)
Google Directory-Regional; Caribbean
Google Directory-Regional; Central America
Google Directory-Regional; South America
Maps of the Americas (from the Perry-Castandea Map Library at the U. of Texas)
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Miscellaneous-Special Subjects:
Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries
Essentially an art exhibit for 3,000 years of history, but it is accompanied by first-rate history resources, literary history, and classroom projects for teachers. Range of art is breath-taking.
Panama Canal History
From the Panama Canal Authority of Panama.
Understanding the Chiapas Revolt in Mexico
Carlos Fuentes on the Chiapas
Last updated: January, 2010
