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Latin America

Central America as a whole | Latin America | Latin American literature | Portuguese and Brazilian literature | South America

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Central America as a whole

Arnold, Caroline. City of the Gods. Clarion, 1994. A photographic journey through the ancient Aztec city of Teotihuacán; for younger readers.

Booth, John A., and Thomas W. Walker. Understanding Central America. Westview, 1993, 1999. A thorough guide to the political and social complexities of the region.

Bunson, Stephen M., and Margaret E. Bunson. Encyclopedia of Ancient Mesoamerica. Facts on File, 1996. Guide to the people, places, and history of the region.

Dominguez, Jorge I., and Marc Lindenberg, eds. Democratic Transitions in Central America. University Press of Florida, 1997. A study of the transition from civil war to democracy as experienced in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

Drew, David. The Lost Chronicles of the Maya Kings. University of California Press, 2000. This study provides new evidence on the ruin of the Maya empire.

Reddish, Paul. Spirits of the Jaguar: The Natural History and Ancient Civilizations of the Caribbean and Central America. BBC/Parkwest, 1997. An illustrated companion to the popular BBC-PBS television series on the natural history of the region.

Sieder, Rachel, ed. Central America: Fragile Transition. St. Martin's, 1996. Explores the nature of democratic transition following the abatement of civil wars in the region.

Wallace, David Rains. The Monkey's Bridge: Mysteries of Evolution in Central America. Sierra Club, 1997. The biological and geological evolution of the land bridge between the Americas.

Weaver, Frederick Stirton. Inside the Volcano: The History and Political Economy of Central America. Westview, 1994. Central America's colonial past and its effect on current political and social structures.

Latin America

Burkholder, Johnson A. Colonial Latin America. 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 2000. Comprehensive study of European exploration and colonization in Latin America.

Chasteen, John Charles. Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America. Norton, 2000. An introduction to the complexities of an immense continent.

Crow, John A. The Epic of Latin America. University of California Press, 1992. Vivid history of Latin American civilizations, from pre-Columbian to contemporary.

Galeano, Eduardo. Memory of Fire. Pantheon, 1985-1988. Presents Latin American history in anecdotal format.

Hanke, Lewis, and Jane Rausch, eds. People and Issues in Latin American History. 2nd ed. Wiener, 2000. Brief essays on influential people and events from the colonial era to the present.

Keen, Benjamin, and Keith Haynes. A History of Latin America. 6th ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. A primer on Latin American history.

Macdonald, Scott B. Fast Forward: Latin America on the Edge of the 21st Century. Transaction, 1997. A study of Latin America's current economy and potential development.

O'Brien, Thomas F. The Revolutionary Mission: American Enterprise in Latin America, 1900-1945. Cambridge University Press, 1996. How U.S. corporate culture changed Latin America during the first half of the 20th century.

Skidmore, Thomas E., and Peter H. Smith. Modern Latin America. 5th ed. Oxford University Press, 2000. Historical survey.

Tenenbaum, Barbara A., ed. Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. Scribner, 1996. More than 5,000 entries.

Williamson, Edwin. The Penguin History of Latin America. Penguin, 1992. Synthesis of Latin American history for general readers.

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Latin American literature

Agosin, Marjorie, ed. A Dream of Light & Shadow: Portraits of Latin American Women Writers. University of New Mexico Press, 1995. Essays on several contemporary authors.

Gonzalez Echevarria, Roberto, and Enrique Pupo-Walker. The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature. 3 vols. Cambridge University Press, 1996. From pre-Columbian times to the present, including writing in the United States.

Jackson, Richard L. Black Writers and the Hispanic Canon. Twayne, 1997. Extends the scope of Latin American literary history.

Smith, Verity, ed. Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997, 2000. Broad coverage of individual writers and topics.

Sole, Carlos, and Maria Abreu, eds. Latin American Writers. Macmillan, 1989. A reference guide to biographical information on writers, includes a bibliography of writings and criticism.

Valestuk, Lorraine, ed. Latin American Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them. Gale, 2000. Analysis of 50 works, for high school readers.

Williams, Raymond L. The Modern Latin American Novel. Macmillan, 1998. Examines the works of modern and post-modern novelists.

Portuguese and Brazilian literature

Baden, Nancy T. Muffled Cries: The Writer and Literature in Authoritarian Brazil, 1964-1985. University Press of America, 1999. A disturbing study of cultural repression.

Bell, Aubrey. Portuguese Literature. Oxford University Press, 1922, 2001. Classic treatment of the life and works of writers from 1185 to 1910.

Chabal, Patrick, and others. The Post-Colonial Literature of Lusophone Africa. Northwestern University Press, 1996. Collection surveying the contemporary literature of Portuguese-speaking Africa.

Echevarria, Roberto Gonzalez, and Enrique Pupo-Walker, eds. The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature. Cambridge, 1996. Vol. 3 - Brazilian literature, including its history from earliest writing to modern Portuguese language traditions.

Perrone, Charles. Seven Faces: Brazilian Poetry Since Modernism. Duke University Press, 1996. Poetry and lyric writing of 1950 - 1990.

Tamen, Miguel, and Helena C. Buescu, eds. A Revisionary History of Portuguese Literature. Garland, 1998. Traces the evolution of Portuguese literature from medieval times to the present.

South America

South American Handbook. Prentice, 1923- . An annual volume giving excellent coverage of all countries; includes travel information, history, cities, hotels, etc.

Early, Edwin. A History Atlas of South America. Macmillan, 1998. A well-illustrated and informative atlas on all aspects of South American history.

Goodman, Edward J. The Explorers of South America. University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. A narrative overview of explorers and their exploits.

Lavallée, Danièle. The First South Americans: The Peopling of a Continent from the Earliest Evidence to High Culture. Trans. Paul G. Bahn. University of Utah Press, 2000. A lucid account of current evidence and claims regarding early presence of humans on the South American continent.

Salomon, Frank, and Stuart Schwartz, eds. Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: Volume III: South America. Cambridge University Press, 1999. A major survey of the indigenous cultures of South America.

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