2012 collection of more than 30 signed essays constitutes a "rigorous overview of the state of the field and a thoughtful guide to the direction of future scholarship." [ preview ]

This second edition (2008) represents a major revision of the first (1996) and now includes over 5,700 signed entries in six volumes, providing "a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary view of Latin American history and culture from prehistoric times to the present."
Acquisition was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Book Fund.

In 25 essays, this 2015 volume surveys Latin American social mobilization and participation over the past 20 years, with most of the entries focusing on specific case studies. You may preview the contents.

2014 volume contains 29 essays which provide an overview of "Latin America’s global engagement by looking at specific processes and issues that link governments and other actors, social and economic, within the region and beyond." You may preview the contents.

This 2009 volume contains 36 original scholarly essays, covering historical perspectives, current issues, developments in the discipline, and biographical approaches. . [ preview ]

Explains and contextualizes fifty-four key terms and theories, including some general concepts in cultural studies (e.g., body, deconstruction, ideology, postmodernism, power, queer theory) as they relate to research in Latin America.

Collection of respected sources which provide country-by-country data and analysis. Some offer broad overviews of conditions and issues, while others focus on narrower issues -- human rights, business, press freedom, energy, etc.

Hundreds of maps, mostly scanned CIA maps. (From the University of Texas)

Five-colume set (2010) was prepared with the assistance of the American Political Science Association. It contains about 1,500 alphabetically-arranged, signed entries (including one contributed by Washington and Lee Professor Mark Rush) on "political theories, concepts, research frameworks, and political practices from across the world."

Five-volume set (2nd edition; 2000) probably is the most comprehensive encyclopedia focusing on sociology ever published, containing nearly 400 substantial signed articles.

Covers scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition. Highlights the expanding influence of economics in social science research and features new articles and biographies contributed by scholars from around the world on a wide array of global topics in the social sciences. Acquisition was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Book Fund.

Peer-reviewed articles by scholars. Not a W&L subscription. Some articles are provided without-charge to us, but others will require interlibrary loan.

Interdisciplinary collection (2015) of essays which review contemporary issues in "international migration and asylum studies." You may preview the contents.