Research & Subject Guides: HIS 422: Colloquium in Latin American History: WEB SITES

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LAtin America

LANIC - Latin American Network Information Center
Directory of links dealing with all aspects and nations of Latin America maintained by the University of Texas.
Latin America - Online Primary Sources
A History: Latin America subject guide from the University of Washington Libraries
Latin American Pamphlet Collection
More than 5,000 titles including many scarce and unique Latin American pamphlets published during the 19th and the early 20th centuries. Chile, Cuba, Bolivia and Mexico are the countries most heavily represented in this collection
Linking the Americas
Stanford University Libraries' project to digitize a collection of Stanford University Press titles dealing with Latin America and some rare and manuscript materials.
Puerto Rico at the Dawn of the Modern Age: Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century Perspectives
Portrays the early history of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico through first-person accounts, political writings, and histories drawn from the Library of Congress's General Collections. Among the topics it highlights are the land and its resources, relations with Spain, the competition among political parties, reform efforts, and recollections by veterans of the Spanish-American War. The materials in the collection were published between 1831 and 1929.