Encyclopedias (Selection)
Archaeology of Ancient Mexico and Central America: An Encyclopedia
New York: Garland, 2001. Susan Toby Evans and David L. Webster, editors. LAL Ref. F1218.6.A73 2001
One-volume encylopedia includes more than 500 articles with basic information about the ancient past of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, focusing on the cultures of the Mayas and related native peoples prior to contact with European culture. The articles focus on archaeological sites and cultural topics.
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean
2nd ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. LAL Ref. F1406.C36 1992
Concise, authoritative one-volume work includes sections on physical environment, economy, peoples, history, politics and society, and culture. Includes over 60 maps and suggestions for further reading in each section.
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture
New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1996.
LAL Ref. F1406.E53 1996
Five-volume work contains nearly 5,300 biographical, geographical, and thematic entries, each one signed by the author. Each entry includes suggestions for further reading.
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature (Netlibrary)
Verity Smith, editor. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, c1997.
LAL Reference PQ 7081 .A1 E56 1997
One-volume encyclopedia contains entries on writers, works and topics in Latin American literature, including survey articles on all the continent's individual countries. The entry for each writer consists of a critical overview of the writer's work written by an expert in the field; a brief biographical sketch; a select list of the writer's primary works grouped by genre where applicable; an annotated list of further reading; and, in some cases one or more essays on individual literary works, followed by a note of editions, translations and further reading. Also includes a title index to the selected works, which contains titles in the ooriginal language and English translation, and a general index.
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Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art
New York: Grove's Dictionaries, 2000. LAL Ref. N6502.E53 2000b
One-volume guide to artists and their works, styles, genres and artistic movements, covering the visual arts as well as related topics such as architecture, interior decoration and furniture, patronage, collecting and dealing, etc. Includes many brief and some lengthier essays on more general subjects, and numerous illustrations.
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean literature, 1900-2003
Edited by Daniel Balderston and Mike Gonzalez.
New York : Routledge, 2004
Howard-Tilton Latin American Library (reference) PQ7081.A1E558 2004
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures
Edited by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and Ana M. López. New York: Routledge, 2000.
LAL Ref. 1406 .E515 2000
This three-volume work emphasizes the cultural complexities of Latin American and Caribbean cultures, and the idea that every thing humans do is a representation which relates to other practices and behaviors. The volumes cover most of the twentieth century beginning in the 1920s. Cultural concepts and significant people are represented alphabetically. "Keywords" and "see also" references are meant to serve as connectors, which can build an intricate cultural narrative. At the beginning of the text is a "thematic entry list" which includes country and theme headings. Entries over 400 words include a short bibliography intended as a starting point for further research.
Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater (NetLibrary)
Edited by Eladio Cortés and Mirta Barrea-Marlys. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2003.
LAL Reference PQ7082.D7 E63 2003
Specifically oriented toward the English-speaking public, this one-volume encyclopedia presents the history of the theater of Latin America, and of the Nuyorican and Chicano theaters of the United States. Contains entries describing the most important playwrights, independent theaters, and cultural movements in Latin American theater.
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Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics
Edited by Diana Kapiszewski; Alexander Kazan, assistant editor. Westport, Conn.: Oryx Press, 2002.
LAL Reference F 1410 .E56 2002
This one-volume encylopedia surveys the political histories and realities of nations in the region. Included are chapters on twenty nations and two U.S. commonwealths. Entries include regional political figures, organizations, dynamics, and events. Includes some entries dealing with the nineteenth century, but emphasizes the twentieth century. Each chapter has a country profile including social data, a brief historical overview, heads of state since independence, and a bibliography for further study.
Gran Espasa universal [electronic resource] : enciclopedia multimedia (2005)
HT Media Collection (in Music Library) DVD-ROM 2007 - 0002
Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures: The Civilizations of Mexico and Central America
[Tulane Subscription]
David Carrasco, editor in chief. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
LAL Ref. F1218.6.O95 2001
Three-volume illustrated encylopedia of the cultures and antiquities of the Mesoamerican region: Central and southern Mexico and Central America, focusing the history and anthropology of Indian peoples native to the region.
