Institute of Latin American Studies Library: Latin American Political Pamphlets

Title: Institute of Latin American Studies Library: Latin American Political Pamphlets

Description: This collection comprises over 2000 political pamphlets from Latin America and elsewhere which were mainly acquired from the former Contemporary Archive on Latin America (CALA) in 1981. The original CALA gift was augmented by a further 400 pamphlets after 1981, mainly written in English, Spanish and Portuguese, with some French and German texts.

Strengths: The strength of this collection is its large number of non-academic pamphlets from 'grassroots' organisations in Latin America and Caribbean. The main subjects covered include: Politics, Human rights, Religion, Trades unions, Women, Indigenous affairs. Chile and Brazil are the two countries most strongly represented in the collection. Caribbean material includes Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the circum-Caribbean.

Size: c.2000 titles

Catalogue: Innopac, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Catalogue URL: http://lib.sas.ac.uk/

Main URL: http://www.sas.ac.uk/ilas/library.htm

Access: Closed access. Material can be consulted, for reference purposes only, on application (at the discretion of the Librarian).

Acquisition dates: 1981 - 2000, with material dating from the 1960s.

Note: Catalogue records of the collection are in preparation.

Interest: Caribbean

Complete: Complete

Subjects

Indigenous populations

Women

Trade unions

Religions

Human rights

Politics

Personal/Corporate names

Contemporary Archive on Latin America (CALA)

Places

Puerto Rico

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Cuba

Brazil

Chile

Latin America

Caribbean