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Bello, Andrés
Iván Jaksic
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
Andrés Bello Introduction Andrés Bello (b. 1781–d. 1865) is widely recognized as a leading Latin American intellectual whose life spanned the ...
Black Experience in Colonial Latin America, The
Ben Vinson
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Black Experience in Colonial Latin America Introduction Between the 1490s and the 1850s, Latin America, including the Spanish-speaking Cari...
Black Experience in Modern Latin America, The
Ben Vinson
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Black Experience in Modern Latin America Introduction The concept of race has been profoundly important to the development of Latin America...
Borderlands in Latin America, Conquest of
J. Michael Francis
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Conquest of Borderlands in Latin America Introduction The Spanish Borderlands occupy a vibrant, though relatively recent, field of historical i...
Bourbon Reforms, The
Kenneth J. Andrien
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
The Bourbon Reforms Introduction After the Spanish Bourbon King Philip V (b. 1700–1746) acceded to the throne, he and his successors, Ferdinan...
Cárdenas and Cardenismo
Benjamin T. Smith
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Cárdenas and Cardenismo Introduction The presidency of Lázaro Cárdenas was characterized by far-reaching socioeconomic, political, and cultura...
Caribbean Philosophical Association, The
Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Lewis Gordon
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Caribbean Philosophical Association Introduction The Caribbean Philosophical Association (CPA) is an organization of scholars and lay-intel...
Caste War of Yucatán, The
Terry Rugeley
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Caste War of Yucatán Introduction On 30 July 1847 an armed group of Maya peasants under the leadership of one Cecilio Chi entered the easte...
Cinema, Latin American
Maria Helena Rueda
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Latin American Cinema Introduction Moving pictures arrived in Latin America soon after the Lumière Brothers created their first projection in ...
Colonial Central America
David Carey
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Colonial Central America Introduction Throughout the colonial period, Central America existed in the shadow of Mexico. The Spanish Empire’s pr...
Contemporary Maya, The
Paul Eiss
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Contemporary Maya Introduction Any consideration of the subject of the “contemporary Maya” must begin by recognizing that the people groupe...
Development of Painting in Peru, 1520–1820, The
Maya Stanfield-Mazzi
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Development of Painting in Peru, 1520–1820 Introduction The artistic traditions of Peru were transformed after the Spanish conquest of the ...
Enlightenment and its Visual Manifestations in Spanish America, The
Daniela Bleichmar
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Enlightenment and its Visual Manifestations in Spanish America Introduction The Spanish American Enlightenment is loosely dated as the peri...
Era of Porfirio Díaz, 1876–1911, The
William Beezley
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Era of Porfirio Díaz, 1876–1911 Introduction Porfirio Díaz (b. 1830–d. 1915) had a brilliant military career that included participating in...
Gender in Postcolonial Latin America
Florence E. Babb
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Gender in Postcolonial Latin America Introduction Gender, along with such variables as social class, race, and nationality, is viewed as a pri...
Guatemala and Yucatan, Conquest of
Laura E. Matthew
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Conquest of Guatemala and Yucatan Introduction Excellent work has been done on both the conquest wars of the 16th and 17th centuries in Guatema...
History, Cultural
Andrew Grant Wood
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Cultural History Introduction In the most inclusive sense, culture involves the creation and communication of meaning among individuals in any ...
History, Food
Enrique Ochoa
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Food History Introduction Changes in food consumption, production, and nutrition patterns reflect the broad changes in Latin American history s...
Immigration in Latin America
Jose C. Moya
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Immigration in Latin America Introduction Immigration is arguably the most distinguishing historical feature of Latin America, and of the Weste...
Jewish Presence in Latin America, The
David William Foster
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2012-10-25
The Jewish Presence in Latin America Introduction There has been (essentially unproven) speculation that Jews reached the Americas with Columb...
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