Latin American Studies - O - Oxford Bibliographies
Oaxaca, Conquest and Colonial
Michel R. Oudijk
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Conquest and Colonial Oaxaca Introduction The present state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico is particularly known for the Classic-period archaeolo...
Perón and Peronism
Samuel Amaral
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Perón and Peronism Introduction Peronism is an Argentine political phenomenon born on 17 October 1945. Its name comes from an army colonel name...
Peru, Conquest of
Kris Lane
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Conquest of Peru Introduction On 16 November 1532, the Inca emperor Atahuallpa (or Atawallpa) received 168 Spanish visitors and at least one in...
Piracy
Kris Lane
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Piracy Introduction From early colonization in the 1490s to independence in the 1820s, piracy, or larceny at or by descent from the sea, plague...
Post-Conquest Demographic Collapse
Douglas Ubelaker, Keitlyn E. Alcantara
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Post-Contact Demographic Collapse Introduction The post-contact demographic collapse is firmly documented in Latin America but not fully under...
Printing and the Book
Martin Austin Nesvig
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Printing and The Book Introduction The development of the print culture and the printing press in Latin America date to the very earliest Europ...
Prints and the Circulation of Colonial Images
Kelly Donahue-Wallace
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Prints and the Circulation of Colonial Images Introduction Printed images began circulating in the territories that would become Spain’s Americ...
Protestantism in Latin America
Stephen Dove
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Protestantism in Latin America Introduction Although Catholicism continues to be the majority religion in Latin America, Protestantism has eme...
Revolution, 1910–1940, The Mexican
Alan Knight, Jaime Rodriguez
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Mexican Revolution, 1910–1940 Introduction The Mexican Revolution, as an armed movement, began in 1910; though opinions differ, it is safe ...
Revolution, The Cuban
Louis A. Pérez
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Cuban Revolution Introduction The triumph of the Cuban revolution on 1 January 1959 immediately called attention to a country hardly thoug...
Revolution, The Haitian
Laurent Dubois, Julia Gaffield
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Haitian Revolution Introduction The Haitian revolution was a complicated and trans-regional event, one that brought together actors, ideas,...
Science and Empire in the Iberian Atlantic
Brian Jones, Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2013-03-19
Science and Empire in the Iberian Atlantic Introduction Traditionally, narratives of the development of modern science have excluded the histo...
Spanish Caribbean In The Colonial Period, The
David Wheat
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Spanish Caribbean in the Colonial Period Introduction From the late 15th to the late 19th centuries, Spain controlled extensive territories in...
Spanish Colonial Decorative Arts, 1500-1825
Jorge F. Rivas-Pérez
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Spanish Colonial Decorative Arts, 1500–1825 Introduction The origins of what we now denominate “Spanish colonial decorative arts” can be traced...
Spanish Florida
James G. Cusick
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Spanish Florida Introduction The term “Spanish Florida” is generally applied to the history of Florida from the time of Juan Ponce de León’s ex...
Textile Traditions of the Andes
Maya Stanfield-Mazzi
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Textile Traditions of the Andes Introduction The Andean region boasts one of the world’s oldest, most continuous, and best-preserved textile tr...
Transculturation and Literature
Luis Duno-Gottberg
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Transculturation and Literature Introduction In 1940, Cuban ethnographer Fernando Ortiz coined the concept of “transculturation” for the sphere...
Trujillo, Rafael
Eric Paul Roorda
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Rafael Trujillo Introduction Rafael Trujillo (b. 24 October 1891–d. 30 May 1961) was the archetypal Latin American dictator. In control of the ...
United States Invasion of the Dominican Republic, 1961–1966, The
Piero Gleijeses
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The United States Invasion of the Dominican Republic, 1961–1966 Introduction On 24 April 1965, young military officers rose in revolt in the Do...
Vargas, Getúlio
Joel Wolfe
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
Getúlio Vargas Introduction Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (b. 1882–d. 1954) was perhaps the single most dominant figure in 20th-century Brazilian po...
How to Subscribe
Oxford Bibliographies Online is available by subscription and perpetual access to institutions and individuals. For more information or to contact an Oxford Sales Representative click here.
Purchase an Ebook Version of This Article
Ebooks of the Oxford Bibliographies Online subject articles are available in North America via a number of retailers including Amazon, vitalsource, and more. Simply search on their sites for Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guides and your desired subject article.
If you would like to purchase an eBook article and live outside North America please email onlinemarketing@oup.com to express your interest.