Latin American Studies Seminar: LAS 4097 / HIST 4696

Indigenous Peoples of Latin America

Cambridge Histories of the Native Peoples of the Americas

The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas consists of three volumes, each split into two parts. This important reference work in many ways compares favorably with the venerable Handbook of Middle American Indians

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Cambridge History of Latin America [FULL-TEXT ONLINE] by edited by Leslie Bethell
Call Number: E-Books
The Cambridge History of Latin America is a large-scale history of the whole of Latin America - Mexico and Central America, the Spanish-speaking Caribbean (and Haiti), Spanish South America and Brazil, from the first contacts between the native peoples of the Americas and Europeans in the late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth centuries to the present day. The essays from Volumes I–IX, revised and updated, are brought together in Volume X: Bibliography.
A Companion to Latin American History by Thomas H. Holloway (Editor); Adrian A. Bantjes (Contribution by); Judy Bieber (Contribution by); Sarah Chambers (Contribution by); Duncan Green (Contribution by); Robert Irwin (Contribution by); Harold Langfur (Contribution by); Tom Dillehay (Contribution by); Aline Helg (Contribution by)
Publication Date: 2008-01-22
The Companion to Latin American History collects the work of leading experts in the field to create a single-source overview of the diverse history and current trends in the study of Latin America.

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Subjects: History, Latin American Studies