Electronic Reference (EBooks)
- Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture (Blackwell Reference Online)
"Provides the historical background to help the reader understand the people and culture that have defined Latin American literature and its reception. Each chapter also includes short selected bibliographic guides & recommendations for further reading." - Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 (Credo Reference) "Draws together entries on all aspects of literature including authors, critics, major works, magazines, genres, schools and movements in these regions from the beginning of the the twentieth century to the present day."
- Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature (Credo Reference) "Includes: entries on topics and countries; entries on the leading writers in Latin America from colonial times to the present; and detailed articles on important works."
- Companion to Latina/o Studies (Blackwell Reference Online) "Collection of 45 original essays written by leading scholars in the Latina/o studies field."
- Companion to Latin American History (Blackwell Reference Online) "State-of-the-art overview of the history of Latin America in all its diversity. Comprising 28 chapters by leading world experts, this is a single source of information for scholars and students interested in Latin America's past and is the ideal starting
- Latin America : Conflict and Development since 1945 (ebrary)
- Notable Latino Americans: A Biographical Dictionary (ebrary)
- Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Culture (ebrary)
- Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics The Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics strives to be a complete and accurate source of basic information on Latin American politics in the last two centuries. The volume attempts to offer clear explanations of the events, individuals, organizations, and dynamics that have shaped the region’s past, as well as those that are governing its present, and will affect and guide what will hopefully be its fully democratic future.
- Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States This landmark scholarly work offers comprehensive, reliable, and accessible information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. With an unprecedented scope and cutting-edge scholarship, the Encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
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General Online Literature Reference Databases
- Literature Online Great source for criticism and biography, as well as links to reference works and reliable websites about specific authors. Also includes full text of selected authors' works. Can browse the list of authors by ethnicity or nationality.
- Literature Resource Center Addresses all facets of literary study in one highly searchable interface. Its extensive reference material includes: biographical, bibliographical, critical, and contextual information on authors and their works.
The Cambridge History of Latin America (Online)
These are the post-Colonial volumes; click here to see the LOUIS links to all 12 volumes.
- The Cambridge History of Latin America, Volume 11: Bibliographical Essays Volume XI contains bibliographical essays from the complete Cambridge History of Latin America, Volumes I-X. It will be the definitive bibliographic reference for scholars of Latin America in the European era. It is the first authoritative large-scale history of the whole of Latin America from the first contacts between the native peoples of the Americas and Europeans in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to the present day.
- Cambridge History of Latin America: Vol. 10: Latin America since 1930: Ideas, Culture, and Society The essays in Volume X discuss the modernist culture of the 1920s in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico; the renaissance of Latin American philosophy in the 1940s; major trends in Latin American narrative and poetry, including the indigenous literatures & cultures; the work of twentieth-century Latin American composers, architects, & filmmakers; Latin American mass media, including newspapers, magazines, radio & television; & the development of sculpture, painting, & mural art in the 20th century.
- The Cambridge History of Latin America Vol. 9: Brazil Since 1930 The Cambridge History of Latin America, the first large-scale authoritative survey of Latin American history from ca. 1500 to the present day, is a work of international collaborative scholarship. It aims to provide a high-level synthesis of existing knowledge in chapters written by leading scholars in their fields. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay. Volume IX, Brazil since 1930, is the final volume of the 12 volume History to be published.
- The Cambridge History of Latin America Vol. 8: Latin America Since 1930: Spanish South America This volume consists of the separate histories of the countries of Spanish South America. Part One covers in depth the history of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Part Two is devoted to Chile. Part Three covers Peru and Bolivia. The fourth and final section is devoted to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
- The Cambridge History of Latin America Vol. 7: Latin America since 1930: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean The volume consists of the separate histories of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and Panama. Part One covers in depth the history of Mexico. Part Two deals with the five countries of Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Part Three covers Cuba, including the revolution, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico. The fourth and final section is devoted to Panama, with a separate chapter discussing the history of the Canal Zone up to 1979.
- The Cambridge History of Latin America Vol. 6, part 2: Latin America since 1930 Economy, Society and PoliticsThe second part of Volume VI of the Cambridge History of Latin America examines the military in Latin American politics; democracy; the Left; labour movements and the urban working class; rural mobilisation and violence. It also takes a look at the role of women in twentieth-century Latin American economy, society, and politics. The volume finishes with a discussion of the actions and importance of the Catholic and Protestant churches.
- The Cambridge History of Latin America Vol. 6, part 1: Latin America since 1930: Economy, society and politics Volume VI brings together general essays on major themes in the economic, social, and political history of Latin America from 1930 to 1990. It begins with a chapter on population growth, followed by four chapters on the economies of Latin American states from the Depression to 1990. The evolution of urban and rural social structures, and of state organisation, is discussed.
- The Cambridge History of Latin America Vol. 5: c. 1870 to 1930 Volume V consists of twenty-one chapters on the economic, social and, above all, political history of the various Latin American countries from c. 1870 to 1930. Part One deals in some detail with the history of Mexico in this period. There are chapters on the Porfiriato (the thirtyfive-year dictatorship of Porfirio Ytoa., 1876—1911), on the Mexican Revolution and on reconstruction under the 'Sonoran dynasty' during
the 1920s. - The Cambridge History of Latin America Vol. 4: c. 1870 to 1930 Volume IV, the first of these two volumes on the period c. 1870 to 1930, consists of twelve general chapters on the economic, social, political, intellectual and cultural history of Latin America as a whole. Two chapters examine the growth of the Latin American economies, the first in the period 1870—1914, the second in the period from the First World War to the eve of the World Depression of the 1930s.
The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature (Online)
The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature is by far the most comprehensive work of its kind ever written. Its three volumes cover the whole sweep of Latin American literature (including Brazilian) from pre-Colombian times to the present, and contain chapters on Latin American writing in the USA.
Click here to see the LOUIS links to all three volumes.
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature Vol. 1: Discovery to Modernism Volume 1 begins with pre-Columbian traditions and their first contact with European culture, continuing through to the end of the nineteenth century. New World historiography, epic poetry, theatre, the novel, and the essay form are among the areas covered in this comprehensive and authoritative treatment.
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature Vol. 2: The Twentieth Century Volume 2 provides coverage of all genres from the end of the nineteenth century up to García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude and beyond to 1990, thus including discussion of Spanish American literature's best-known works. The novel, poetry, autobiographical narrative, the short story, Afro-Hispanic American literature, theatre, and Chicano literature are among the areas treated in this wide-ranging volume.
- The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature Vol. 3: Brazilian literature; bibliographies Volume 3 is devoted partly to the history of Brazilian literature, from the earliest writing through the colonial period and the Portuguese-language traditions of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and partly also to an extensive bibliographical section in which annotated reading lists relating to the chapters in all three volumes of The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature are presented. These bibliographies are a unique feature of the History, further enhancing its immense value
Print Reference
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Call Number: Main Library - Reference PQ7081.A1 E56 1997
ISBN: 1884964184
Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature - Philip Ward, ed.
Call Number: Main Library - Stacks PQ6006 .O93
ISBN: 0198661142
Call Number: Main Library - Stacks F1406 .E515 2000
ISBN: 0415229715
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture - Barbara A. Tenenbaum, editor in chief
Call Number: Main Library - Reference F1406 .E53 1996
ISBN: 0684192535
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The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature (Online)
This first comprehensive history of Spanish literature to be published in English since the 1970s brings together experts from the USA, the United Kingdom, and Spain. Together, the essays cover the full range of Spanish poetry, prose, and theatre from the early Middle Ages to the present day.
- The Cambridge History of Spanish Literature The classics of the canon of eleven centuries of Spanish literature are covered, from Berceo, Cervantes and Calderón to García Lorca and Martín Gaite, but attention is also paid to lesserknown writers and works. The chapters chart a wide range of literary periods and movements. The volume concludes with a consideration of the influences of film and new media on modern Spanish literature.
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