Latin American Studies - Oxford Bibliographies
Novel of the Mexican Revolution, The
Manuel Gutierrez
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Novel of the Mexican Revolution Introduction The term Novel of the Revolution refers to a group of narrative works inspired by and based on...
Novel, 19th Century Haitian
Luis Duno-Gottberg
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
19th-Century Haitian Novel Introduction Nineteenth-century Haitian novels, with their underscored relevance for the history of the Caribbean an...
Novel, The Colombian
Juana Suárez
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2011-10-28
The Colombian Novel Introduction Most classifications of the Colombian novel follow the Westernized model, adjusting literary movements to hist...
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...
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