Latin American Studies Seminar

Latin American Economics from a Global Perspective

LAS 3950

- Ken Taylor -

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Politics and History (Prof. Gustafson):

POPOL VUH

Sociology (Prof. Pattnayak):

Democratic Security in Columbia

Economics Readings:

1. The Jaguars Awaken:

Jaguars Part 1    Jaguars Part 2    Jaguars Part 3    Jaguars Part 4    Jaguars Part 5

2. Latin America: Preparing for Tougher Times

Tougher Times

3. Central America: Nothing's Free in this World:

Nothing's Free

4. The Caribbean: Trade Winds

Trade Winds

5. Latin America's Quiet Revolution

Quiet Revolution

Latin American Information & Databases:

Latin Focus - http://www.latin-focus.com/

CEPAL - http://www.eclac.cl/default.asp?idioma+N/

The Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) - http://lanic.utexas.edu/

CIA World Factbook - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/

Geo Hive - GEOHIVE :: Global Statistics

World Bank - World Bank Group - Data and Statistics

Countries of the World - Countries of the World

Economist Intelligence Unit (available through Falvey Library web site)