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UW Tacoma Library Reference
F1406 .E515 2000 v. 1-3
Thousands of entries on contemporary cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean. Covers food, sport, religion, television, transport, architecture, dance, film, literature, music, sculpture, and many other topics.
Available online and in print
UW Tacoma Library Reference
F1406 .E53 2008 v.1-6
Covers Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present. Covers cultural issues and includes numerous biographical profiles of important figures in politics, letters and the arts.
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UW Tacoma Library Reference
E184.S75 O97 2005 v.1-4
Discusses historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, and other regions.
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UW Tacoma Library Reference
HM621 .G74 2007 v. 1-6
Explores the popular interests of countries in Latin America, offering critical insight into the influence of regional pop culture on contemporary societies over the past century.
Covering the past 60 years, this book emphasizes key events, individuals, institutions, procedures, controversies, and policy dilemmas that have determined the course of Mexican history.
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UW Tacoma Library Reference
F1218.6 .O95 2001 v. 1-3
A comprehensive chronicle of Pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern Mesoamerica, defined as the lands stretching from Mexico to the southern tip of Central America.
Covers the archaeology of Mesoamerica, as well as the cultural areas where pre-Columbian cultural traits were carried by migrants, from the U.S. Southwest to northern Ecuador.