Latin America – A Selected Bibliography 
Reference Resources – Campbell Library – Rowan University
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Government Document Resources – Room 245 Campbell Library
*****Those documents with a call number concluding with (Electronic Resource) are documents only available online*****
General
A 1.75:656/ – Latin America’s Big Three Sugar Producers in Transition: Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, 1992
A 88.2:2002011808 (Electronic Resource)
The Panama Canal in Transition – Implications for U.S. Agriculture, 2000
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS18101
AE 2.109 (microfiche) – Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
AE 2.114: – A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1918. 11 vols.
AE 2.114: - Public Papers of the Presidents
C 3.2:W 84/4 – Women of the World: Latin America and the Caribbean
D 5.402:IN 7 – Latin American Insurgencies – presents papers from three meetings held in Spring 1984
D 5.402:581/12 – Evolving U.S. Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990 (microfiche)
D 5.417:47 - New Security Relations in the Americas, 1995
D 101.146:C 43 (Electronic Resource)
U.S. National Security Implications of Chinese Involvement in Latin America
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS61394
D 101.146/9:Sh 1 (Electronic Resource)
Shadows of Things Past and Images of the Future, Lessons for the
Insurgencies in Our Midst
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS63249
D 101.146:2001037748 (Electronic Resource)
The Troubled Path to the Pentagon’s Rules on Media Access to the Battlefield
Grenada to Today
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS12816
D 214.13:C 19 – A Skillful Show of Strength: U.S. Marines in the Caribbean, 1991-1996
HE 20.7614: - Smoking and Health in the Americas
I 19.4/2:1187 (Electronic Resource)
Surviving a Tsunami – Lessons From Chile, Hawaii, and Japan
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS22188
I 49.2:M 31/8 – Management and Monitoring of … Birds and Their Habitats in Latin America and the Caribbean
JX 235 .M7 1970 (microfiche) – Moore, John Bassett. A Digest of International Law. 8 vols.
L 29.2:C 43 – Forced Labor: the Prostitution of Children, 1996
L 29.16: (no) – Foreign Labor Trends – publications prepared by the American Embassy in each country which describe and examine significant developments
PR 40.8:B 52/C 33 – Report of the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America, 2 volumes, 1984
PREX 3.15: (yr) – World Factbook
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS552
S 1.1: - Foreign Relations of the United States, 1861-1949. (Library has microfiche to 1899; book holdings 1933- . No volume issues for 1869.
Look for volumes on “The American Republics”, volumes for 1961-63 (Cuba), and 1964-68, volumes XXXI and XXXII.
S 1.2:C 33/6 (microfiche) – Negotiations in Central America: 1981-1987, 1987
S1.3/5 – U.S. Department of State Dispatch (formerly U.S. Department of State Bulletin). Library has 1990-1999.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1701 or http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu
later issues http://www.state.gov
S 1.71/2 – American Foreign Policy, 1950-1955: Basic Documents. 2 vols.
S 1.71/2: - American Foreign Policy, 1956-1969
S 1.71/4:982 – Latin America and the Caribbean: the Paths to Democracy, 1987
S 1.71/4:1007 – Central America At a Critical Juncture, 1987
S 1.71/4:1010 – Power in the Service of Peace in Central America, 1987
S 1.71/4:1071 – Policies for the Americas in the 1990s, 1988
S 1.123: (no) – Background Notes
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
S 1.129:148 – U.S. and Central America – implementing the National Bipartisan Commission Report, 1986
S9.12 (no) – United States Treaties and Other International Agreements,
1950-present
S 9.12/2 – Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949. 15 vols.
S 9.14 (no) – Treaties in Force (Library retains latest edition)
S 18.2:C 19/2 – Latin America and the Caribbean: selected economic and social data
Y 3.IN 8/25:2 C68 – Getting Ahead Collectively: Grassroots Experiences in Latin America, 1984
Y 3.IN 8/25:2 D 62 – Guide to NGO Directories: how to find over 20,000 nongovernmental organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1995
Y 3.M 58/2:2 M 58/2 – Unauthorized Migration: Addressing the Root Causes, 1990
Y 4.F 76/1 and Y 4.IN – Hearings from U.S. House Committee on International Relations and House Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
Y 4.F 76 – Hearings from U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Y 4.F76/2:L52 – Legislative History of the Committee on Foreign Relations
(Hearings from committees of both the House and the Senate may be found by searching in the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.)
Z 1223.Z7.H22 – Index to United States Documents Relating to Foreign Affairs, 1828-1861
Argentina
C 61.2:C 43 – Chile and Argentina: Environmental Technologies Export Market Plan, 1994
D 5.402:AR 5/2/958-82 – Argentina Foreign Policy and World Events: 1958-1982
D 5.402:AR 5/4 (Electronic Resource)
Argentine Civil-Military Relations From Alfonsin to Menem
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS31823
Bolivia
Y 3.IN 8/25:15/15/1 – Grassroots Development 15/1: “Women’s popular education in Bolivia,” pp. 26-34, 1991
Y 3.IN8/25:2 G 76/3 – What to Think About Cooperatives: a Guide from Bolivia, 1983
Brazil
D 5.402:B 73 – Brazil and the Vital South Atlantic
D 5.409:84-1 - The United States and Brazil: opening a new dialogue
L 29.16:B 93 – Brazil—Foreign Labor Trends Report, 2002
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS59247
Chile
D 5.402:AN 8 – Antarctica: Chile’s Claim
PREX 3.2:2001001749 (Electronic Resource)
CIA Activities in Chile
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS9896
Y 3.IN 8/25:15/15/2 – Grassroots Development 14/2: “Living with the Land: Ethnicity in Chile,” pp. 12-20, 1990
Colombia
Y 3.IN 8/25:15/15/1 – Grassroots Development 15/1: “Responsiveness and Responsibility,” pp. 35-37, 1990
Y 3.IN 8/25:15/16/2 – Grassroots Development 16/2: “The Art of Association: NGO’s and Civil Society in Columbia”, 1991
Cuba
D 1.2:C 91/2 (Electronic Resource)
NSA and the Cuban Missile Crisis
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS23469
D 201.2:2002010542 (Electronic Resource)
The History of Guantanamo Bay
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/LPS17563
PREX 3.2:C 89/Pts. 102 (Electronic Resource)
Inspector General’s Survey of the Cuban Operation and Associated Documents
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS1069
PREX 3.10/7:CR84-12285 (microfiche) – Directory of the Republic of Cuba, 1984
S 1.71/4:1050 – U.S. – Cuba Migration Agreement: Resolving Mariel, 1988
S 1.71/5:C 89/2 (Electronic Resource)
Human Rights in Cuba: an update
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS64443
Y 3.B 78/2:1 – Report By the Advisory Board for Radio Broadcasting to Cuba
Y 4.F 76/1:C 89/16 – Consideration of the Cuban Democracy Act of 1992
Y 4.IN 8/16:C 61/2 – Clinton Administration’s Reversal on U.S. Immigration Policy Toward Cuba
Y 4.IN 8/16:C 89/10 – The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1995
El Salvador
D 5.402:EL 1s – El Salvador At War: An Oral History, 1988
S 1.114/3:AU 8 – Authoritarian Regimes in Transition, 1987
Y 4.F 76/1:T 28 – Comparison of U.S. Administration Testimony and Reports with 1993 U.N. Truth Commission Report on El Salvador, 1993
Grenada
D 5.2:OP 2/3 (Electronic Resource)
Operation Urgent Fury: the Planning and Execution of Joint Operations in
Granada, 12 October-2 November 1983
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS48961
S 1.2:G 86 – Maurice Bishop’s “Line of March” Speech, September 13, 1982
S 1.2:G 86/2 – Grenada Documents: an Overview and Selection – provides a cross-section of captured documents providing a preliminary picture of Grenada during the rule of Maurice Bishop and the Leftist New Jewel Movement from April 1979 through October 1983
Haiti
S 1.3/5:5/29 – Dispatch (U.S. State Department), July 18, 1994, p. 484 – “Human Rights Situation in Haiti
Y 4.F 76/2:S.hrg. 108-567 – U.S. Policy toward Haiti, 1994
Y 4.IN 8/16:H 12 – U.S. Policy and Activities in Haiti, 1995
Y 4.IN 8/16:H 12/3 – Haiti: the Situation After the Departure of the U.S. Contingent From UNMIH, 1996
Y 4.IN 8/16:H 12/4 – Haiti: Human Rights and Policy Issues, 1996
Y 4.IN 8/16:H 88/32 – Human Rights Violations At the Port-Au Prince Penitentiary, 1995
Y 4.J 89/2:S.prt.102-87 – Haitian Democracy and Refugees: Problems and Prospects, 1992
Mexico
C 61.2:M 57/4 – Mexico: Environmental Technologies Export Market Plan, 1994
D 5.417:30 – Peace Operations: a Comparison of Somalia and Haiti, 1995
D301.82.7:W 19/3 (Electronic Resource)
A Preliminary to War: the 1-st Aero Squadron and the Mexican Punitive Expedition of 1916
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS47825
ED 1.331/2:EDO-RC-02-5 (Electronic Resource)
Schooling in Mexico: a Brief Guide for U.S. Educators
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS27937
PREX 3.10/7:LDA91-12530 (microfiche) – Mexico: Key Players in Free Trade Agreement Talks, 1991
Y 3.IN 8/25:2 IN 8/4 – A Limited Inventory of NGO’s on the Mexican – United States Border, 1996
Y 3.M 58/2:2 M58/2 – Unauthorized Migration: Addressing the Root Causes, 1990
Y 3.T 22/2:2 M57 – U.S. – Mexico Trade: Pulling Together or Pulling Apart?
Y 4.IN 8/16:M 57/3 – Mexico Economic Crisis, 1995
Y 4.P 84/10:99-60 (microfiche) – Demographic Trends of Mexico, 1986
Nicaragua
S 1.2:H 88/7 – Human Rights in Nicaragua Under the Sandinistas, 1986
S 1.2:SA 5/4 – Inside the Sandinista Regime, 1986
S 1.2:SA 5/5 – Sandinista Prisons: a Tool of Intimidation, 1986
Y 1,1.8:100-433 – Iran-Contra Affair: Report of the Congressional Committee Investigating the Affair, 1994
Y 4.F 76/2:S.prt. 102-102 – Nicaragua Today: a Republican Staff Report, 1992
Y 4.IN 8/20:100-3-11 – Iran-Contra Investigation. 8 volumes, 1988
Panama
AE 2.106/3:35 – Code of Federal Regulations, Title 35: Panama Canal
(library retains latest edition)
D 5.2:P 19 – Operation Just Cause: the planning and execution of joint
operations in Panama, February 1988-January 1990
D 114.2:P 19/3 – Operation Just Cause: the incursion into Panama
Y 4.AR 5.2:P 19 (microfiche) – The Invasion of Panama: How Many Innocent Bystanders Perished?
Y 4.IN 8/16:P 19/3 – U.S. Strategic Interests in Panama, 1995
Electronic Resources
Background notes – alphabetical by country – short overview of each country.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
Census data
Aging in the Americas in the 21st century
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/agingam.html
World population information
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/world.html
Population trends, Bolivia
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/world.html
Population trends, Peru
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/world.html
Central Intelligence Agency, Electronic reading room – includes copies of classified documents released through the Freedom of Information Act – users can search by country, topic, etc. on this page.
Country reports on human rights practices
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/c1470.htm
Country reports on economic policy and trade practices – information on the extent of U.S. economic involvement in other countries, 1993-2001
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/rpts/eptp/
Department of Commerce, market access and compliance – includes a search page for finding trade agreements between the United States and foreign countries and links to information on trade with specific countries.
Department of Defense. Southern Command - has responsibility for Latin America, the Caribbean, and Central America
Department of Energy, country analysis briefs – provides an overview of the energy situation in major non-OPEC oil exporters, which includes twelve Latin American nations.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/contents.html
Department of State
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs – advised the Secretary of State and
guides the operation of the U.S. diplomatic establishment in Latin America and
the Caribbean.
Summit of the Americas – since 1994, the U.S. State Department has been the
informal secretariat.
http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rt/soa/
Foreign relations of the United States – the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/
Human rights in Latin America – documents on human rights in Latin America, 1964-1995.
http://www.foia.cia.gov/human_rights.asp
International religious freedom report – annual report includes 192 country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2002/
Library of Congress
Hispanic Reading Room – assists researchers using the large collection of
Luso-Hispanic materials throughout the Library of Congress and in their online
collection.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/
Handbook of Latin American Studies – a bibliography on Latin America
published since 1935.
Country Studies – a series produced by the Federal Research Division of the
Library of Congress which describes and anaylzes the political, economic,
social and national Security systems of countries.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
also, check Campbell Library online catalog
Patterns of global terrorism – a yearly review of international acts of terrorism
http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/
United States Congress, House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere – includes selected witness testimony and statements on international relations in the western hemisphere.
http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/index.htm
United States Congress, Senate Foreign Relations Committee – has jurisdiction over matters relating to national security policy, foreign policy, and international economic policy.
United States Geological Survey, International Minerals Information - page for Latin America with links to minerals information on specific countries
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/country/latin.html
United States Trade and Development Agency, Latin American and Caribbean Regional Team – works to advance economic development and U.S. commercial interests Latin American and Caribbean countries.
http://www.ustda.gov/USTDA/USTDA%20By%20Region/latinamerica.htm
United States Trade Representative, Western Hemisphere – links to Latin American countries.
http://www.ustr.gov/World_Regions/Americas/Section_Index.html
White House, Office of National Drug Control Policy – has an international section that discusses cooperation with foreign countries on drug control issues.
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/international/index.html
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Gateway Websites - - - Internet Sources for Latin America
UNESCO – Latin America and the Caribbean
http://portal.unesco.org/geography/en/ev.php- URL_ID=2494&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
University of Texas at Austin - maintains a Latin American site which
Includes information on radical groups such as the Zapatistas in Mexico.
University of Texas at El Paso - Center of Inter-American and Border
Studies
http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=14139
Historical Data and Archives
Historical Text Archive – site contains archival information, includes section
on colonial Latin American history.
http://historicaltextarchive.com
National Archives of Latin American nation states
http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_archives/pages/Archives/National_Archives/
Journals
Doc. Y 3:IN 8/25: - Grassroots Development, the Journal of the Inter-American Foundation (also called In Review)
http://www.iaf.gov/site_map/site_map_en.asp?sitemap=4
JStor
Hispania, 1917-2000
Hispanic American Historical Review, 1918-1999
(plus links to recent content 2000-2004)
Journal of Latin American Studies, 1969-2000
Latin American Music Review, 1980-2002
Latin American Perspectives, 1974-2002
Latin American Politics and Society, 2001-2002
Latin American Research Review, 1965-2002
Journal of Inter-American Studies, 1959-1969
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, 1970-2000
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