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The Cities
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The Politics of Incremental Progressivism: Governments, Governances and Urban Policy Changes in São Paulo
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Call Number: Ebook"This book shows innovative redistributive policies, regulation, and social participation recently in São Paulo, although gradually, slowly, and contentiously, and despite failures and inequalities." -
São Paulo in the Twenty-First Century: Spaces, Heterogeneities, Inequalities
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Call Number: Ebook"This book analyzes in detail the main social, economic and special transformation of the city of São Paulo. In the last 30 years, São Paulo has become a more heterogeneous and less unequal city."
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São PauloBook chapter from Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America
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Informal Practices in the Formal City: Housing, Disagreement and Recognition in Downtown São PauloBook chapter from Rethinking the Informal City: Critical Perspectives from Latin America
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Distinction at the Margins: Negotiating Stigmas in Informal Markets in Sāo PauloBook chapter from Subjectivity at Latin America's Urban Margins
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On the Everyday History of Pedestrians' Bodies in São Paulo's Downtown Amid Metropolization (1950-2000)Book chapter from Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment
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The Favelas of Rio de JaneiroBook chapter from Cities From Scratch: Poverty and Informality in Urban Latin America
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Threshold Markets: The Production of Real-Estate Value Between the “Favela” and the “Pavement”Book chapter from Cities From Scratch: Poverty and Informality in Urban Latin America
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Rio de JaneiroBook chapter from Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America
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Rio de JaneiroBook chapter from Fractured Cities: Social Exclusion, Urban Violence and Contested Spaces in Latin America
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Exhibitions in a 'Divided' City: Socio-Spatial Inequality and the Display of Contemporary Art in Rio de JanerioBook chapter from Creative Spaces: Urban Culture and Marginality in Latin America
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Formal–Informal Connections in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: The Favela-Bairro ProgrammeBook chapter from Rethinking the Informal City: Critical Perspectives from Latin America
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Spatial Strategies and Urban Social Policy: Urbanism and Poverty Reduction in the Favelas of Rio de JaneiroBook chapter from Rethinking the Informal City: Critical Perspectives from Latin America
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Antinomic-Complementary Landscapes: The Beach and the Favela in Early-Twentieth-Century Rio de JaneiroBook chapter from Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment
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Eradicating Blackness from the ideal City: Urbanization, Global Spectacle, and Brazil's CentenaryBook chapter from Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment
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The Sick and the Dead: Epidemic and Contagious Disease in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBook chapter from Cities Of Hope: People, Protests, And Progress In Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930
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The Rio de Janeiro Reader
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Call Number: Ebook"Spanning a period of over 450 years, The Rio de Janeiro Reader traces the history, culture, and politics of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, through the voices, images, and experiences of those who have made the city's history. It outlines Rio's transformation from a hardscrabble colonial outpost and strategic port into an economic, cultural, and entertainment capital of the modern world. The volume contains a wealth of primary sources, many of which appear here in English for the first time."
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Mexico City - The MetropoleArticles in the category "Mexico City" from the blog of the Urban History Association
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Urban Leviathan: Mexico City in the Twentieth Century
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Call Number: Ebook"Through historical analysis of Mexico City, Davis identifies political actors responsible for the uncontrolled industrialization of Mexico's economic and social center, its capital city."
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Body Art and the Remaking of Mexico CityBook chapter from Cultures of the City: Mediating Identities in Urban Latin/o America
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Zapatistas in Mexico City and the Performance of Ethnic CitizenshipBook chapter from Cultures of the City: Mediating Identities in Urban Latin/o America
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Mexico CityBook chapter from Fractured Cities: Social Exclusion, Urban Violence and Contested Spaces in Latin America
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The Politics of the In-between: The Negotiation of Urban Space in Juan Rulfo's Photographs of Mexico CityBook chapter from Creative Spaces: Urban Culture and Marginality in Latin America
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Scratching Space: Memoryscapes, Violence and Everyday Life in Mexico City and Buenos AiresBook chapter from Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment
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Mexico City: Popular Classes and Revolutionary PoliticsBook chapter from Cities Of Hope: People, Protests, And Progress In Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930
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Performing Citizenship: Migration, Andean Festivals, and Public Spaces in LimaBook chapter from Cultures of the City: Mediating Identities in Urban Latin/o America
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Lima MetropolitanaBook chapter from Fractured Cities: Social Exclusion, Urban Violence and Contested Spaces in Latin America
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Civilizing the City of Kings: Hygiene and Housing in Lima, PeruBook chapter from Cities Of Hope: People, Protests, And Progress In Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930
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Human Rights Counterpublics in Perú: Contesting Tiers of Citizenship
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Call Number: Ebook"Examines how local communities in Lima have formed oppositional spaces, movements, and communities to challenge a status quo that erases Perú's history of internal violence. These counterpublics focus on human rights-oriented memory that acknowledges the legacies of racism and misogyny underlying the violence." -
Population Growth, Social Segregation, and Voting Behavior in Lima, Peru, 1940-2016
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Call Number: Ebook"As one of South America's larger capital cities, Lima, Peru, is remarkably understudied as a demographic and economic entity unto itself. In this important book, Henry Dietz presents an in-depth historical, sociological, and political analysis of a major Latin American city in the post-World War II period." -
The Lima Reader
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Call Number: Ebook"Traces Lima's transformation from a pre-Columbian religious center, to the colonial "City of Kings," to today's vibrant and deeply divided metropolis of almost ten million people. A rich array of primary sources--including traveler accounts, essays, photographs, maps, poems, short stories, lyrics, and memoir excerpts, many appearing in English for the first time--address how Lima's multiethnic population, class inequalities, and debates of who is a "true" limeño/a have evolved throughout the city's history."
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Havana in the Nueva Trova Repertoire of Gerardo AlfonsoBook chapter from Cultures of the City: Mediating Identities in Urban Latin/o America
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The Feria del Libro and the Ritualization of Cultural Belonging in HavanaBook chapter from Cultures of the City: Mediating Identities in Urban Latin/o America
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Integrated Informality in the Barrios of HavanaBook chapter from Rethinking the Informal City: Critical Perspectives from Latin America
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The Walled Havana: Walls, Urban Space and Slavery in Havana (1762-1812)Book chapter from Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment
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The Cuba Reader
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Call Number: Ebook"Tracking Cuban history from 1492 to the present, The Cuba Reader includes more than one hundred selections that present myriad perspectives on Cuba's history, culture, and politics."
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Medellín and Bogotá: The Global Cities of the Other GlobalizationBook chapter from The Globalizing Cities Reader
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Rethinking Global Cities: BogotáA page from a project at Duke University.
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Infographics: Urbanisation and Urban Development in ColombiaA post by the Urbanet blog
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From unregulated growth to planned city: The Bosque Calderón Tejada neighborhood,Bogotá (1935-1940)Book chapter from Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment
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The TransMilenio Experience: Mass Transit in Bogotá and National Urban IdentityBook chapter from Cultures of the City: Mediating Identities in Urban Latin/o America
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Learning From Bogotá : Pedagogical Urbanism and the Reshaping of Public Space
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Call Number: Ebook"Once known as a 'drug capital' and associated with kidnappings, violence, and excess, Bogotá, Colombia, has undergone a transformation that some have termed 'the miracle of Bogotá.' Beginning in the late 1980s, the city emerged from a long period of political and social instability to become an unexpected model of urban development through the redesign and revitalization of the public realm..." -
The Early Colombian Labor Movement: Artisans and Politics in Bogota, 1832-1919
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Call Number: Ebook"Traces the history of artisan labor organizations in Bogota and examines long-term political activity of Colombian artisans in the century after independence. Relying on contemporary newspapers, political handouts, broadsides, and public petitions, this book analyzes the economic, social, and political history of the capital's artisan class." -
Planting a City in the Tropical Andes: Plants and People in Bogotá, 1880 to 1920
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Call Number: Ebook"Reveals how the 19th Century modernisation of Bogotá led to a transformation in the social role of plants - showing how this city located in the high altitudes of the tropical Andes turned into a 'floristic island' formed by native, introduce, wild and cultivated plants."
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Medellín and Bogotá: The Global Cities of the Other GlobalizationBook chapter from The Globalizing Cities Reader
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Urban Transformation: The Architecture of Medellín, Colombia’s Evolving MetropolisA page from the Architizer commercial website
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MedellínBook chapter from Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America
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MedellínBook chapter from Fractured Cities: Social Exclusion, Urban Violence and Contested Spaces in Latin America
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Social Exchange: Barter as Economic and Cultural Activism in Medellín, Colombia
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Call Number: Ebook"Over the last twenty-five years, grassroots activists in Medellín, Colombia, have used barter markets and community currencies as one strategy to re-weave a social fabric shredded by violence and to establish an economy founded on respect and reciprocity rather than exploitation." -
Spatial Justice and Informal Settlements: Integral Urban Projects in the Comunas of Medellin
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Call Number: EbookISBN: 9781787147683"Links the discourses of informal urbanism and spatial justice in the context of public space-based governmental programmes to upgrade informal settlements in Latin America."
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In and Out of the Margins: Urban Land Seizures and Homeownership in Santiago, ChileBook chapter from Cities From Scratch: Poverty and Informality in Urban Latin America
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The Interstitial Spaces of Urban Sprawl: Unpacking the Marginal Suburban Geography of Santiago de ChileBook chapter from Creative Spaces: Urban Culture and Marginality in Latin America
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Sports Urbanization and Modernization of Public Habits: Santiago During the First Year of Los Sports Magazine (1923)Book chapter from Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment
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The Walls of Santiago: Social Revolution and Political Aesthetics in Contemporary Chile
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Call Number: Ebook"A photo-illustrated record of Chilean protest art, along with reflections on artistic antecedents, global protest movements, and the long shadow cast by Chile's authoritarian past... Throughout, the most striking aspects of the protests were the murals, graffiti, and other political graphics that became ubiquitous in Chilean cities." -
Shantytown Protest in Pinochet's Chile
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Call Number: Ebook"One of the richest and most interesting accounts of popular mobilizations in urban Latin America that I have ever seen. The description of popular resistance under conditions of extreme material scarcity and ruthless military repression is fascinating."
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Buenos Aires - The MetropoleArticles in the category "Buenos Aires" from the blog of the Urban History Association
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Homo Porteñicus: The Police and Urban Identity in Buenos AiresBook chapter from Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment
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Scratching Space: Memoryscapes, Violence and Everyday Life in Mexico City and Buenos AiresBook chapter from Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment
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Buenos Aires: Housing Reform and the Decline of the Liberal State in ArgentinaBook chapter from Cities Of Hope: People, Protests, And Progress In Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930
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From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata
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Call Number: Ebook"Although it never had a plantation-based economy, the Río de la Plata region, comprising present-day Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, has a long but neglected history of slave trading and slavery. This book analyzes the lives of Africans and their descendants in Montevideo and Buenos Aires from the late colonial era to the first decades of independence." -
The Right to the City: Popular Contention in Contemporary Buenos Aires
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Call Number: Ebook"Contributes to the study of democratization by focusing on the dilemmas and opportunities of popular contention in the city of Buenos Aires. It also offers an excellent overview of the history of social mobilization in Argentina." -
Cityscopes: Buenos Aires
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Call Number: Ebook"In this handy travel guide, Buenos Aires local Jason Wilson provides a window into the city's history while also exploring its streets today... He examines the many swings between authoritarian and democratic governments the city has experienced during its history and sorts out the urban myths from the real story of the monuments, buildings, and people of Buenos Aires. The book also includes essays on present-day Buenos Aires--its parks, cemeteries, museums, and bookshops--to reveal what makes the city tick." -
The Buenos Aires Reader
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Call Number: Ebook"Offers an insider's look at the diverse lived experiences of the people, politics, and culture of Argentina's capital city primarily from the nineteenth century to the present. The vibrant opinions, reflections, and voices of Buenos Aires come to life through selections that range from songs, poems, letters, and essays to interviews, cartoons, paintings, and historical documents, many of which have been translated into English for the first time."
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Dangerous Streets: Trolleys, Labor Conflict, and the Reorganization of Public Space in Montevideo, UruguayBook chapter from Cities Of Hope: People, Protests, And Progress In Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930
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From Shipmates to Soldiers: Emerging Black Identities in the Río de la Plata
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Call Number: Ebook"Although it never had a plantation-based economy, the Río de la Plata region, comprising present-day Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, has a long but neglected history of slave trading and slavery. This book analyzes the lives of Africans and their descendants in Montevideo and Buenos Aires from the late colonial era to the first decades of independence."
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Uruguay in Transnational Perspective
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Call Number: Ebook"Takes a broad look at the country's two-hundred-year history to understand how the country and its citizens have influenced and shaped regional and global historical narratives." Includes the chapter "Montevideo, Buenos Aires, and the Rise of Tango in the Early 20th Century."
Selected Books
The Globalizing Cities Reader
"Reflects how the geographies of theory have recently shifted away from the western vantage points from which much of the classic work in this field was developed. The expanded volume continues to make available many of the original and foundational works that underpin the research field, while expanding coverage to familiarize students with new theoretical and epistemological positions as well as emerging research foci and horizons."
Cities from Scratch: Poverty and Informality in Urban Latin America
"This collection of essays challenges long-entrenched ideas about the history, nature, and significance of the informal neighborhoods that house the vast majority of Latin America's urban poor."
Cultures of the City: Mediating Identities in Urban Latin/o America
"Explores the cultural mediation of relationships between people and urban spaces in Latin/o America and how these mediations shape the identities of cities and their residents. Addressing a broad spectrum of phenomena and disciplinary approaches, the contributors to this volume analyze lived urban experiences and their symbolic representation in cultural texts."
Rethinking the Informal City: Critical Perspectives from Latin America
"Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions... This book provides a thorough review of the work that is currently being carried out by scholars, practitioners and governmental institutions, in and outside Latin America, on the question of informal cities."
Subjectivity at Latin America's Urban Margins
"Extreme inequalities, uneven planning, and unruly environments have long shaped individual and collective subjectivities at Latin America's urban margins. Yet these same margins have frequently given rise to new forms of community organization, cultural practice, and social mobilization."
Urban Latin America: Images, Words, Flows and the Built Environment
"Explores the relationship between images, words and the built environment using an engaging variety of methods and sources, with a timely emphasis on comparative studies. The book brings together scholars with various disciplinary backgrounds and theoretical affiliations who critically approach urban experiences through visual accounts, texts and architectural elements."
Cities of Hope: People, Protests, and Progress in Urbanizing Latin America, 1870-1930
"Brings together new research, analysis, and comparison on the dawn of modern urbanization in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Latin America. It offers a sense of what life was like for the urban residents examining the conditions they confronted and exploring their experiences."
The Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History
"In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time, and raises many questions. How did global city systems evolve and interact in the past? How have historic urban patterns impacted on those of the contemporary world?"
Urban Labyrinths: Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America
"Examines intervention initiatives in informal settlements in Latin American cities as social, spatial, architectural, and cultural processes. From the mid-20th century to the present, Latin America and other regions in the Global South have experienced a remarkable demographic trend, with millions of people moving from rural areas to cities in search of work, healthcare, and education."
Selected Sources
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The Metropole"The official blog of the Urban History Association"
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The Story of CitiesA series by the newspaper The Guardian.
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The Growth of CitiesBook chapter from The Cambridge History of Latin America
Books, Articles, and More
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals and monographs in history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, etc.
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JMU Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowFind journals, books, ebooks, films, sound recordings, and government documents available to JMU users.
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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex with abstracts to more than 1,800 journals in 40 languages on world history from 1450 to the present; excludes the US and Canada.
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary index and full text source for scholarly journals and magazines.
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Current News Articles
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