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Cuba: History and Culture: Reference Sources

Library research guide on Cuba from colonial time through the present. Guide includes resources on slavery, culture and the Cuban Revolution

Oxford Bibliographies Online

Oxford Bibliographies Online

Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritative research guides. There are many guides on various aspects of Latin America and Spain. Click "Oxford Bibliographies Online" and search.

U.S. Latin American Relations During the Cold War

The United States and Castro's Cuba in the Cold War

The Cuban Revolution

Human Rights in Latin America

José Martí and Cuba

Military Government in Latin America, 1959-1990

Spanish Caribbean in The Colonial Period

Cuban Political Development

Havana

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Black Experience in Latin America

The Black Experience in Colonial Latin America

Atlantic Slavery

The Military and Modern Latin America

Abolition

Atlantic Slave Trade

Starting Your Research

Oxford Research Encyclopedias - Latin American History
Substantive, peer-reviewed articles. In-depth information with sections on primary sources and digital projects. An excellent starting point.
SHAFR Guide Online
A near-comprehensive, 2.1 million-word online annotated bibliography of historical work covering the entire span of U.S. foreign relations.
Oxford Research Encyclopedia in American History

Encyclopedias & More

Encylopedias and other reference books can be a great place to start your research, get an overview of your topic, or help you narrow your area of focus.

Encyclopedia of Cuba by Luis Martínez-Fernández (Editor); Louis A. Pérez (Editor); D. H. Figueredo (Editor); Luis González (Editor)
Call Number: F1754 .E53X 2003 (Starr Reference Room)
ISBN: 157356334X
Publication Date: 2003 (2 volumes)
Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations by Thomas M. Leonard
Call Number: E183.8.C9 L39X 2004 (Bass Library)
ISBN: 0786445823
Publication Date: 2010
Also online through Credo Reference. Click the title to access.
Historical Dictionary of Cuba by Jaime Suchlicki; Lawrence Hallewell (Editor)
Call Number: F1754 S83 2001 (Starr Reading Room)
ISBN: 081083779X
Publication Date: 2001
This recently enlarged edition focuses on the events of this last momentous decade while the Cuban regime and its subjects struggle, bereft of outside support and subsidy.
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture by Jay Kinsbruner; Erick Detlef Langer
Call Number: F1406 .E53X 2008 Oversize (Starr Reference Room)
ISBN: 9780684312705
Publication Date: 2008 (6 volumes)
Encyclopedia of Latin American Politics by Diana Kapiszewski; Alexander Kazan (Editor)
Call Number: F1410 .E56X 2002+ Oversize (Sterling Library)
ISBN: 1573563064
Publication Date: 2002
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures by Mike Gonzalez (Editor); Daniel Balderston (Editor); Ana Lopez (Editor)
Call Number: F1406 E5155 2000 (Starr Reading Room)
ISBN: 041513188X
Publication Date: 2001 (3 volumes)
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Latin America and the Caribbean by Simon Collier (Editor); Thomas E. Skidmore (Editor); Harold Blakemore (Editor)
Call Number: F1406 C36X 1992+ Oversize (Starr Reference Room and Stacks)
ISBN: 0521413222
Publication Date: 1992
The Cambridge History of Latin America (Online) 11 volumes - by Leslie Bethell (Contribution by, Editor)
Call Number: Online, F1410 C1834 1984 (Bass, Starr Reference Rm.)
Publication Date: 2008
11 volume comprehensive work
Encyclopedia of Latin America (4 volumes) by Thomas M. Leonard; J. Michael Francis; Mark A. Burkholder; Monica A. Rankin
Publication Date: 2010