Research Guides @ Fordham: Latin American Studies: Social Sciences

Databases

Country Watch - Access Ends 7/31/2025
International Directory of Company Histories
Provides histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location.
ILOSTAT - International Labour Organization
Data for over 100 indicators and 165 economies. Links to annual data prior to 2008 in LABORSTA (Int'l Labour Office).

Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP)
Raw survey data from Vanderbilt University's AmericasBarometer survey.

Selected Books

Dictionary of Latin American Identities by John T. Maddox & Thomas M. Stephens
Call Number: (RH) Ref PM7832 .D53 2021

Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 2021.
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture by Jay Kinsbruner
Detroit: Gale, 2008. Electronic resource; authentication is required.
Oxford Handbook of Latin American Social Movements by Federico M. Rossi
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2023. Electronic resource; authentication is required.
Dictionary of Latin American Cultural Studies by Robert McKee Irwin (Editor); Monica Szurmuk (Editor)
Call Number: (RH) Ref F1408.3 .D5513 2012

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2012.
The Cambridge History of Religions in Latin America by Virginia Garrard-Burnett
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016. Electronic resource; authentication required.
The Economics of Contemporary Latin America by Beatriz Armendariz
Call Number: (RH) HC125 .A736 2017

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2017.

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