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| Links for Students and Teachers of Latin American History Online Source Collections (in English) http://www.smith.edu/vistas A small but excellent digital archive of visual culture in Spanish America, in English, with commentary by two well-known scholars in the colonial field (Dana Leibsohn and Barbara Mundy). Organized and written for use in the classroom. http://www.ailla.utexas.org/site/welcome.html The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America contains recordings (songs, ceremonies, conversations, etc.) and texts (poetry, other literary works) in native languages, many accompanied by transcriptions in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Also a repository of secondary sources about indigenous languages. http://www.wdl.org/en/# Visual and textual sources from libraries and archives around the world. Includes a substantial (and searchable) collection of Latin American maps, photographs, paintings, and rare books for download. http://www.kb.dk/elib/mss/poma/ The Guaman Poma Wesbite, a project of the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Denmark. Includes a digital copy of the manuscript written by Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala in Peru in the early seventeenth century. Accompanied by a transcription and other related digital resources. http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/ An extensive and well-organized collection of more than 1,200 visual sources on slavery in the Americas, searchable by region and keyword. Good quality .jpeg images; limited commentary on images. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/latin_america/ Part of the National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book series at George Washington University, with selections of declassified government documents on Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Excellent for use in the classroom. http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Esorjuana/ Devoted to the life and works of Sor Juana de la Cruz, with English translations, and additional documents by her contemporaries. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook08.html#Colonial%20Latin%20America Provides links to various online source collections, some of which are no longer available. Still, worth a look. http://www.euskalnet.net/sjf/andeanlinks2.htm Provides links to a wide variety of online source collections on Andean society and culture, organized by theme (music and dance, photography, food and drink, politics, etc.) http://pib.socioambiental.org/en This is the English version of the well-respected site on the “Indigenous Peoples of Brazil,” run by the Instituto Socioambiental (ISA). Contains good historical overviews, photographs, statistics, news, and bibliographic references on all of the indigenous groups in the country. http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/digitized_collections/mexico/html/index.html A collection of historical photography (1857-1923) from the Getty Research Institute, called Mexico: From Empire to Revolution. Site contains historical and chronological overviews of the period. http://www.newberry.org/aztecs/index.html A virtual exhibit of paintings, maps, and documents called “The Aztecs and the Making of Colonial Mexico,” presented by the Newberry Library. http://faculty.smu.edu/bakewell/ Brief source excerpts compiled by the historian Peter Bakewell. Website includes maps, timelines, and other useful teaching tidbits. http://www.davidrumsey.com/ Large, searchable collection of 18th- and 19th-century maps of North and South America. Other useful sites: http://www.h-net.org/~latam/ An international discussion forum for scholars of Latin American History. http://www.h-net.org/~clah/tc/syllabi/ The Conference on Latin American History has a useful repository of syllabi. http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/history/ The Latin American Network Information Center has an extensive list of links for Latin American history, organized by country. http://www.csulb.edu/projects/laeh/ A huge online bibliography and other resources for Latin American environmental history.
| ![]() Anonymous painting of an Indian cacica, or noblewoman, 1757 In Painting a New World: Mexican Art and Life, 1521-1821 (University of Texas Press, 2004) |