Selected Reference Resources
These books are available on the first floor of Maxwell Library
- Columbia Documentary History of Race and Ethnicity in AmericaCall Number: E184.A1 C57 2004
- Dictionary of Latin American and Cultural StudiesCall Number: F1408.3 .D5513 2012
- Encyclopedia of the IncasCall Number: F3429 .E495 2015
Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism since 1450Call Number: JV22 .E535 2007- The Oxford encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United StatesCall Number: E184.S75 O97 2005
- The Oxford encyclopedia of Mesoamerican cultures : the civilizations of Mexico and Central AmericaCall Number: F1218.6 .O95
- Puerto Rico past and present : an encyclopediaCall Number: F1954 .F47 2015
Race and Ethnic Relations in Latin America and the CaribbeanCall Number: F1419.A1 L48Publication Date: 1980
Race and Racism in the United StatesCall Number: E184.A1 R254 2014
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- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowMaxwell Library has access to more than 3,500 journal titles across the following five collections: Arts & Sciences I, II, III, IV, and Ecology and Botany I. Subject coverage includes mathematics, philosophy, anthropology, economics, history, literature, population studies, sociology, music, art, law, education, business, botany, and ecology.
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Selected Books
- African Slavery in Latin America and the CaribbeanCall Number: HT1052.5 .K54
Archaeologies of Slavery and Freedom in the CaribbeanCall Number: HT1071 .A73 2016Publication Date: 2016
Critical Terms in Caribbean and Latin American ThoughtCall Number: PQ7081 .C7364 2016Publication Date: 2015
The European Colonial EmpiresCall Number: D359.7 .W47 2004- The Forging of the Cosmic Race byCall Number: F1231 .M32
Nation, Empire, ColonyCall Number: ebook
Slavery and Public History: the Tough Stuff of American MemoryCall Number: E441 .S625 2006
