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Latin American History

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Reference Shelf

This is a guide to getting started in research in Latin American history at Boston College.

Reference in Latin American History

This page provides access points to BC's subscriptions to reference material on Latin American history. Here, you can find resources for finding definitions (e.g., dictionaries); suggested scholarly material (e.g., bibliographies); as well as background material and explanations written by experts in their fields (e.g., encyclopedia and handbooks).  

What's on This Page

This page has a lot on it. You can use the following anchors (links down the page) to jump straight to a relevant box.

    List of Countries

    North And Central America

    • Belize
    • Costa Rica
    • El Salvador
    • Guatemala
    • Honduras
    • Mexico
    • Nicaragua
    • Panama

    South America

    • Argentina
    • Bolivia
    • Brazil
    • Chile
    • Colombia
    • Ecuador
    • French Guiana (département of France)
    • Guyana
    • Paraguay
    • Peru
    • Suriname
    • Uruguay
    • Venezuela

    Caribbean

    countries

    • Cuba
    • Dominican Republic
    • Haiti

    dependencies and constituent entities

    • Guadeloupe
    • Martinique
    • Puerto Rico
    • Saint-Barthélemy
    • Saint-Martin

    Find Definitions

    Individual Titles

    Find Scholarly Material

    Social Sciences (including Anthropology and Political)

    Find Biographical Information (Who's Who)

    Find Background Information

    Individual Titles

    Handbooks & Companions

    Individual Titles