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In addition to standard diplomatic sources, the book includes documents touching on the transnational concerns that are increasingly taught in the classroom. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts. A primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides firsthand or direct evidence on a topic. Since its inception in the 1960s to the regional negotiations in the 1990s and onwards, central american integration has been a process characterized by both dramatic advances and setbacks. The true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the. See also, hlas handbook of latin american studies is a bibliography on latin america consisting of works selected and annotated by scholars. Latinao and latin american studies is an interdisciplinary approach to the histories, cultures, societies, languages and politics of latin america and latinaos. On mexico, i would start with octavio paz the labyrinth of solitude spanish. This list is intended to cut across the various disciplines of anthropology, geography, history.
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