What is the Handbook of Latin American Studies?
TheHandbookis a selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America. Edited by theHispanic Divisionof the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinaryHandbookalternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. The print edition, published by theUniversity of Texas Press, includes over 5,000 bibliographic entries each year. More than 130 leading scholars from throughout the world choose and annotate these items. Continuously published since 1935, theHandbookoffers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources. Today, in addition to the print edition, theHandbookis available for electronic searching on a CD-ROM (HLAS/CD), published by theFundación Histórica TAVERA(Madrid, Spain), and via the Internet onHLAS Online.
The Handbook is a selective annotated bibliography of scholarly works on Latin America. Edited by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress, the multidisciplinary Handbook alternates annually between the social sciences and the humanities. The print edition, published by the University of Texas Press, includes over 5,000 bibliographic entries each year. More than 130 leading scholars from throughout the world choose and annotate these items. Continuously published since 1935, the Handbook offers Latin Americanists an essential guide to available resources. Today, in addition to the print edition, the Handbook is available for electronic searches on CD-ROM (HLAS/CD), published by the Fundación MAPFRE América (Madrid), and via Internet on HLAS Online. Works reviewed include books, journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers in the disciplines of Anthropology (including Archaeology, Ethnohistory and Ethnology), Art, Economics, Geography, Government and Politics, History,