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Cádiz Constitution and Liberalism, The
Roberto Breña
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2014-06-30
The Cádiz Constitution and Liberalism Introduction In 1812, in the middle of the occupation of almost all of the Iberian peninsula by the Fren...
Cali
Edgardo Pérez Morales
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Cali Introduction The city of Santiago de Cali is Colombia’s third largest city. Spanish conquistadors founded this town in 1536. Cali became ...
California Missions, The
Steven W. Hackel
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2020-09-24
The California MissionsIntroductionInitiated in San Diego in 1769 by the Mallorcan missionary Junípero Serra, the California missions eventually numbe...
Caracas
Arturo Almandoz Marte
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2014-07-30
Caracas Introduction The capital of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is located at the north of the country, separated from the Caribbean ...
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...
Caribbean, The Archaeology of the
William F. Keegan
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2017-06-27
The Archaeology of the CaribbeanIntroduction“Caribbean” archaeology encompasses the islands of three archipelagos: Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, ...
Cartagena de Indias
Edgardo Pérez Morales
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2016-10-27
Cartagena de IndiasIntroductionCartagena de Indias, one of the most important port towns in the Spanish Caribbean, became a crucial pivot for European...
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...
Caudillos, 19th Century
Natalia Sobrevilla Perea
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
19th Century Caudillos Introduction The term caudillo originates from the Spanish word for head, cabeza, and describes the leader of a politic...
Central America, The Archaeology of
Edward Schortman, Patricia Urban
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2021-08-25
The Archaeology of Central AmericaIntroductionCentral America, made up of Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, has long been a pl...
Chaco War
Bridget Chesterton
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2014-09-29
Chaco WarIntroductionBetween 1932 and 1935 Bolivia and Paraguay went to war over the desolate Chaco Boreal region. The Grand Chaco region extends over...
Chávez, Hugo, and the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela
Daniel Hellinger
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela Introduction The scholarship on Hugo Chávez and the “Bolivarian Revolution” is nearly a...
Children, History of
Elizabeth Kuznesof
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
History of Children Introduction Publications on the history of childhood globally or for Latin America only date since the 1980s. Most pertin...
Chile's Struggle for Independence
Juan Luis Ossa
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2014-03-27
Chile’s Struggle for Independence Introduction Chile’s struggle for independence is known as the period in which Chile became a separate count...
Chronicle, The
Viviane Mahieux
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2013-05-28
The Chronicle Introduction The chronicle is a somewhat unstructured genre that combines literary aestheticism with the journalistic responsibi...
Church in Colonial Latin America, The
John F. Schwaller
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2016-03-31
The Church in Colonial Latin AmericaIntroductionThe Catholic Church was undoubtedly the single most important institution in colonial Latin America. E...
Cinema, Contemporary Brazilian
Alfredo Luiz Suppia
Subject: Latin American Studies »
Date Added: 2014-10-28
Contemporary Brazilian CinemaIntroductionAt first glance, contemporary Brazilian cinema seems to be the byproduct of a mid-1990s renaissance in nation...
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...
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