Hist243 / Lati203: Latin America, 1870-1940

Resources

Module Handout and Reading List

Seminar Reading Lists

Titles which are underlined are now available on the web by clicking on them

  1. Export Growth and the Dependency Debate
  2. Foreign Investment in Latin America, 1850-1940
  3. Britain and Latin America, 1850-1940
  4. The United States and Latin America, 1850-1940
  5. The Oil Business, Workers, and the State in Latin America before 1940
  6. Coffee and its Socio-Economic Impact in Latin America
  7. The Ideology, Politics, and Culture of Civilian Elites, 1870-1940
  8. The Working Class and Popular Protest, 1880-1940
  9. Slavery, Abolition, and Race in Brazil and Cuba
  10. Immigrants and Society: Argentina and Brazil
  11. Peasants in the Andes, 1870-1930
  12. Women in Latin American Societies, 1880-1940
  13. The 'Modernisation' of Argentina
  14. Brazil, 1870-1940
  15. The Porfiriato and the Mexican Revolution, 1876-1910
  16. The Mexican Revolution and its Aftermath, 1914-1940
  17. Chile during the Export Boom
  18. Peru during the Export Boom
  19. The First World War and Latin America
  20. The Depression of the 1930s

Useful Links

The following on-line resources should be of use to students doing modules in Latin American history

H-Latam H-Latam is an electronic mailing list heavily used by specialists in Latin American history. Though much of the content is routine, there are occasionally major debates about issues and approaches in Latin American history. From the list-s homepage you can search their archive.
LANIC LANIC is a gateway to a massive amount of information on Latin America. If you are looking for material on a particular country, use the Countries link from the home page. You can also search the LANIC archive using the box on the home page. This may be useful for finding unpublished papers on a particular topic.
Handbook of Latin American Studies The Handbook of Latin American Studies has been published since the 1930s, and is a massive archive of references to books and articles published on Latin America. It is easily searchable by keyword.

Past examination papers

Bear in mind, before reading past examination papers, that seminar groups in previous years may have done different topics from your own year

More past papers will be added later this semester.


This page was created by Rory Miller and was last revised on 7th October 1999