The Cambridge encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean. This is a good introduction to Latin America. Topics include physical geography, economy, demographics, history, culture, and politics and society. There are many maps, statistics and illustrations. This volume contains survey articles on all of the continent's individual countries as well as entries on individual authors, genres and literary terms.
Coverage includes Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, German and Italian language articles.
Each volume of signed articles by leading scholars focuses on a span of years, geographic areas or unifying concepts. Provides access to Latin American information and interdisciplinary resources for research. This website includes Country and Subject Directories. Includes a selected bibliography for each writer, a list of editions and biographical and critical studies.