As part of our ¡VAMOS! festival celebrations, here is a set of links relating to Latin American art, music, literature, culture, history and much more. Please note, under the terms of our licence, some of these resources are only available to members of Newcastle University.
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Comprehensive listing from Senate House library at the University of London.
Guide to the research collections at the British Library and elsewhere, relating to Latin America, written by subject experts.
Searchable directory of Latin American and Caribbean Studies research resources in the UK, produced by the School of Advanced Study at the University of London.
Information and listing for Liverpool University Library's Special Collections relating to Latin America.
The Field Museum in Chicago has put hundreds of photos online of expeditions in the 1920s to countries in South America and elsewhere.
Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico 1876-1880 and 1884-1911, who lost power during the Mexican Revolution. You can delve into the turbulent history and politics of Latin America through databases such as Historical Abstracts, Handbook of Latin American Studies, and America: History and Life.
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The nunnery, Chichen Itza, Mexico. You can investigate the archaeology, anthropology and history of Latin America through our databases such as AnthropologyPlus, JSTOR, Brill and Historical Abstracts.
[Image from Flickr Commons/Cornell University Library http://www.flickr.com/photos/cornelluniversitylibrary/3675943340/]
Machito Grillo, New York-based Latin American musician, who played a major role in the development of Latin music. Listen to Machito and other Latin American performers through our Music Online databases (see bookmark).
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View nearly 500 images from the only public collection in Europe devoted exclusively to modern and contemporary Latin American art.
Example of a Latin American-themed article from the Oxford Art Online reference work (which includes Grove). You can search for artist, genre and geographic location.
Content relating to Latin America in the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Click 'playlists' to explore other people's playlists arranged by genre, instrument etc.
Entry for 'Latin America' in the major Oxford Music Online reference source. You can also browse individual artists and genres.
Listen to Latin American music on the Contemporary World Music section of Music Online. You can search/browse by artist, place, culture, instrument etc. Click 'playlists' to explore selections made by other people.
Continuously updated bibliography of social sciences and humanities research into Latin America. Edited by the Library of Congress.
Our Netvibes site helps you keep up to date with the latest news, views and events relating to Spain, Portugal and Latin America.
Thousands of digitised historic documents from the Spanish national library, covering Latin American topics among many others.
Online digital library of historical and literary texts from the Ibero-American world. Includes works by 400 of the most significant Spanish and Latin American writers.
Trace the history of Latin America from a North American perspective through this web site which contains millions of pages of digitised American newspapers from 1860 onwards.
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A selection of Newcastle University library's online resources related to Latin America. Music, art, literature, history, politics, culture, language and more. Please note, under the terms of our licence, some of these resources are only available to members of Newcastle University.
Updated on Jun 07, 11
Created on May 26, 11
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