Colonial Mexico

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Bibliographies

América Latina Colonial : bibliografia básica / John M. Monteiro, Francisco Moscoso, compiladores. São Paulo : CELA, Universidade Estadual Paulista, 1990. 238 p.
SML Z1601 M575X 1990 (LC)
Arranged by topic within each country and region. Includes 28 pages of resources for Mexico.

Bibliografía de códices, mapas y lienzos del México prehispánico y colonial / Guzmán M., Virginia and Yolanda Mercader M. México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1979. 2 vols.
SML, Stacks Z1412 +G9 (LC)
S=Manuscripts, Mexican--Bibliography.

Sarabia Viejo, Maria Justiana. "Bibliografía de México en la época colonial." Historiografía y bibliografía americanista, v.30,no.2(1986):79-118.
SML, Stacks E11 H57 14- (LC)
Annotated list of standard sources.

Bibliografía general de historia de México / Orozco, Edna María and Alma Rosa Platas. México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1979. 142p.
SML, Stacks Z1425 +O76 (LC)

Bibliografía mexicana del siglo XVI: Catálogo razonado de libros impresos en Mexico de 1539 a 1600 / García Icazbalceta, Joaquin. México: Fondo de cultura Económica, 1954. 581p.
SML, Stacks Z1412 +G37 1954 (LC)
S=Mexican literature--Bibliography.

Bibliografía mexicana del siglo XVIII / León, Nicolás. México: Imp. de Díaz de León [etc.] 1902-08. 5 vols.
SML, Stacks Z1416 M45 no. 1, 4-5, 7-8, 10
Contains over 3300 titles and includes the text of several manuscripts, reprints of a number of rare books and extracts from others.
Forms with García Icazbalceta's Bibliografía mexicana del siglo XVI (1886) and Andrade's Ensayo bibliográfico mexicano del siglo XVII (1899-[1900]) a continuous bibliography of Mexican literature to 1800.
S=Mexico--History--Sources.

Barnard, Joseph and Randall Rasmussen. "A Bibliography of Bibliographies for the History of Mexico." Latin American Research Review, v.13,no.2 (1978): 229-35.
SML, Stacks F1401 L37 (LC)
MUDD, Govt Documents, SSL Section Shelved by title

Biografías de mexicanos distinguidos / Sosa, Francisco. México: Oficina tipográfica de la secretaría de fomento, 1884. 1115p.
MUDD, Latin American Coll, 3rd Floor Mexico Ct g884s
Biographies of major figures from the colonial and early national periods.
S=Mexico--Biography.

Ensayo bibliográfico mexicano del siglo XVII / Andrade, Vicente de P. (Vicente de Paula). México: Imprenta del Museo nacional, 1899. 803p.
SML, Stacks Z1412 A53 1899 (LC)
1228 titles, transcribed line for line. Arranged chronologically and followed by alphabetical indexes of (1)authors and (2)anonymous works.
S=Mexican literature--Bibliography.

México en 500 libros / Enrique Florescano, coordinador. México: Océano, 1987. 145p.
SML, Stacks Z1411 M52 1987 (LC)
List of books devoted to the study of Mexico including sections about the late colonial period.
S=Mexico--Bibliography.

Research in Mexican history: topics, methodology, sources and a practical guide to field research / Greenleaf, Richard E. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [1973]. 226p.
CCL, Stacks F1225.5 G74 (LC)
SML, Stacks F1225.5 G74 (LC)
S=Mexico--History--Study and teaching.

Dictionaries

Diccionario de gobernantes de México (1325-1997) / Vázquez Gómez, Juana. México: Nueva Imagen: Editorial Patria, 1998. 285p.
SML, Stacks F1205 V3418 1998 (LC)
Dictionary of Mexican rulers, 1325-1997 / Vázquez Gómez, Juana. Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, c1997.
SML, Starr Main Reference Rm F1205 V34X 1997 (LC)
S=Mexico--History--Chronology.

Diccionario Porrúa de historia, biografía y geografía de México / México: Editorial Porrúa, 1995. 4 vols. 6th ed.
SML, Starr Main Reference Rm F1204 D53 1995 (LC)

Guide to Archives, Records and Manuscript Collections

Archivo General de la Nación, México: guía general / México: Archivo General de la Nación, México, 1990. 525p.
Guide to documents, maps and archives. Covers 1521-1990.
SML, Stacks CD3563 +A7 1990 (LC)
S=Mexico--History--Sources.

Los archivos de la historia de América: período colonial español / México: Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia, 1961. 2 vols.
CCL, Stacks F1401 P35 225 (LC)
Though 40 years old, these two volumes remain the best single source for an introduction to the primary sources of colonial Latin America.

Documents pour servir à l'histoire du Mexique; catalogue raisonné de la collection de m. E.-Eugène Goupil (ancienne collection J.-M.-A. Aubin); mansucrits figuratifs, et autres sur papier indigène d'agave mexicana et sur papier européen antérieurs et postérieurs à la conquête du Mexique (XVIe siècle) / Boban, Eugène. Paris, E. Leroux, 1891. 2 vols.
BEINECKE CF1219 +G67
Collection formed originally by L. Boturini Benaducci and acquired by the Biblithèque Nationale, Paris.
S=Manuscripts, Mexican.

Guía de archivos y bibliotecas privados. 2 ed. México, D.F. : Asociación Mexicana de Archivos y Bibliotecas Privados, 2000.
SML, Starr Main Reference Rm CD3650 G85 2000 (LC)

Guide to Latin American Pamphlets from the Yale University Library / Yale University Library. N.Y.: Clearwater, 1985. 7 vols.
SML Z1431 +V34 1985 (LC)
Subject catalog of pamphlets, including 6,300 pamphlets on México, on social, political, and economic conditions from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Latin American Pamphlets: Mexican pamphlets (Series I), 1568-1946 (inclusive), 1800-1900 (bulk) LSF-Request for Use at any Yale Lib MS 1350
More information at <http://www.library.yale.edu/latinamerica/mss.html>
See also the Yale Latin American Manuscripts Collection (1521-1975), an extremely rich and varied assortment of original and copied manuscripts from México and other areas of Latin America. The collection contains correspondence, government and church documents, essays, poems, and engravings on civil, military, religious, and social topics.

The Harkness Collection in the Library of Congress; manuscripts concerning Mexico: a guide. With selected transcriptions and translations by J. Benedict Warren. / Washington: Library of Congress. 315p.
LSF-Request for Use at any Yale Lib F1231 U54 (LC)
S=Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810--Sources.

Indice y extractos de los protocolos de la Notaría de Cholula (1590-1600) / Reyes GarcRa, Cayetano. México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1973. 696p.
SML, Stacks F1391 C54 +R49 (LC)

Research inventory of the Mexican collection of colonial parish registers / Robinson, David J. (David James). Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, 1980. 288p.
LSF-Request for Use at any Yale Lib CD3678 A1 +R62 1980 (LC)

The Viceroyalty of New Spain and early independent Mexico: a guide to original manuscripts in the collections of the Rosenbach Museum & Library / David M. Szewczyk and Catherine A. Barnes, eds. Philadelphia: The Museum & Library, 1980. 139p.
BEINECKE, Reference Z1426 R67X 1980 (LC)
S=Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810--Manuscripts--Catalogs.

Histories

Colonial Latin America / Bethell, Leslie, ed. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984-. 2 vols.
SML, Starr Main Reference Rm; CCL, Stacks / F1410 C1834 1984- 1-2 (LC)

Colonial Latin America / Burkholder, Mark A., et al. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 376p. 3rd ed.
CCL, Stacks F1412 B96 1998 (LC)

The course of Mexican history / Meyer, Michael C. et al. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. 732 p. 6th ed.
CCL, Stacks F1226 M54 1999 (LC)
Covers politics, economics, society and culture from the pre-Columbian period to the modern era. Each chapter is accompanied by illustrations and a bibliography.
S=Mexico--History.

Historia documental de México / León Portilla, Miguel, et al. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1964. 2 vols.
SML, Stacks F1226 H57 (LC)
Colonial Mexico is covered in Volume 1. Each chapter has a general introduction to the period, list of included documents, the transcribed documents with prefaces and notes, and a bibliography.

Historia general de México: versión 2000 / México: El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Históricos, 2000. 1103p.
SML, Stacks F1226 H575 2000 (LC)
Contains essays by noted scholars, each focusing on a different period. N.B. Alejandra Moreno Toscano's piece on the conquista period (pp.1-81 in the 1976 edition) has been replaced by Bernado GarcRa MartRnez's work in the 2000 edition.

Historiographies

Florescano Mayet, Enrique. "Las visiones imperiales de la época colonial, 1500-1811: la historia como conquista, como misión, providencial y como intentario de la patria criolla." Historia Mexicana, v.27, no.2 (1977): 195-230.
SML, Stacks F1201 H57 (LC)
Examination of important sources for Mexican colonial history.

Gibson, Charles. "Writings on Colonial Mexico." Hispanic American Historical Review, v.55, no.2 (1975): 287-323.
SML, Franke Periodical Reading F1401 H55 (LC)

Maps

Atlas cartográfico histórico: México / México: SPP, Programación y Presupuesto, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática, c1982. 269p.
SML, Map Collection--Atlases Folio G1545 A79 1982 (LC)
S=Mexico--Maps.

Atlas histórico de México / Enrique Florescano, coordinador. México: Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 1983. 222p.
SML, Map Collection--Atlases Folio G1545 A838 1983 (LC)

Cartografía mexicana: tesoros de la nación siglos XVI a XIX / México: SG, Archivo General de la Nación: Eduardo Molina y Albañiles, 1983. 192p.
SML, Map Collection--Atlases GA481 +C37 (LC)

Other Sources

Local and Spanish Perspectives

The Aztecs under Spanish rule: a history of the Indians of the Valley of Mexico, 1519-1810 / Gibson, Charles. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1964. 657p.
CCL, Stacks F1219.1 M53 G53
S=Mexico--History--To 1810.

Beyond the codices: the Nahua view of colonial Mexico / translated and edited by Arthur J. O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1976. 235p.
SML, Stacks F1409.9 C35 27 (LC)
S=Mexico--History--To 1800--Sources.

The broken spears: the Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico / León Portilla, Miguel. Boston : Beacon Press, 1962, 1992.
CCL, Stacks F1230 L4613
S=Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Sources.

Cartas y documentos [de] Hernán Cortés.
CCL, Stacks F1230 C668 (LC)
S=Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Sources.

Colección de documentos para la historia de México / García Icazbalceta, Joaquín. México: J. M. Andrade, 1858-66. 2 vols.
MUDD, Latin American Collection Mexico Ct +c858g
S=Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810--Sources.

Colección de documentos para la historia mexicana / México: Oficina tip. de la Secretaría de fomento, 1897-1903. 6 vols.
SML, Stacks, Yale class C67 +897c
S=Mexico--History--Sources.

Documentos inéditos del siglo XVI para la historia de México / Cuevas, Mariano.
MUDD, Latin American Coll, 3rd Floor Mexico Ct +c914c
S=Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Sources.

Mexican Inquisition

Inquisition et société au Mexique, 1571-1700 / Alberro, Solange.
SML, Stacks BX1740 M6 +A555 1988 (LC)
S=Inquisition--Mexico.

The Mexican Inquisition of the sixteenth century / Greenleaf, Richard E.
DIVINITY, Stacks MN34 G843m; MUDD LIBRARY, MN34 G843m
CCL, Stacks BX1740 M6 G74 (LC)
S=Inquisition--Mexico.

Race and Class

La población negra de México, 1519-1810; estudio etnohistórico /
Aguirre Beltrán, Gonzalo. (2nd ed)
SML, Stacks F1392 N4 A38 1972 (LC)
S=Slavery--Mexico.

Race, class, and politics in colonial Mexico, 1610-1670 /
Israel, Jonathan Irvine.
SML, Stacks F1231 I83 (LC)

Slaves of the white God: Blacks in Mexico, 1570-1650 / Palmer, Colin A.
CCL, Stacks HT1053 P35 (LC)
S=Slavery--Mexico--History.

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Women in Latin America

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Latin American Women Writers in English Translation: A Bibliography. Graciela N.V. Corvalán. Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, California State University, c1980.
SML  Z1609 L7 C67 1980

Latinas of the Americas: A Source Book. K. Lynn Stoner. New York: Garland, 1989.
SML REF  Z7964 L3 S76 1989.

Mujer, Trabajo y Fecundidad. Lino Rodriguez V. Lima, Perú: Centro Interamericano de Administración del Trabajo: Consejo Nacional de Población, 1984.
SML  Z7964 L3 R63 1984

Una Bibliografía Anotada de los Estudios Sobre el Status de las Mujeres en America Latina. Maria del Carmen Feijo. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad, <1989>.
SML  Z7964 L3 F45 1989.

Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography from Pre-Conquest to Contemporary Times. Meri Knaster. Boston: G.K. Hall, c1977.
SML Reference  Z7964 L3 K525.

Women in the Caribbean: A Bibliography. Ed., Bertie A. Cohen Stuart. Leiden: Dept. of Caribbean Studies, Royal Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, 1979-1992.
SML  Z7964 C37 C64.

Brazil
Mulher Brasileira: Bibliografia Anotada. São Paulo: Editora Brasiliense, 1979-.
SML HQ 1542 F86 1979.

Chile
La Mujer in Chile: Bibliografía Comentada. Ana Maria Arteaga and Eliana Largo. Santiago, Chile: Centro de Estudios de la Mujer, [1986].
SML  Z7964 C39 A78 1986.

Cuba
Cuban and Cuban-American Women: An Annotated Bibliography. Ed., K. Lynn Stoner. Wilmington, Del.: Scholary Resources, 2000.
SML  Z7964 C85 S76X 2000.

Mexico
Bibliografía Comentada sobre la Mujer Mexicana. Maria Soledad Arbeláez. México: Dirección de Estudios Históricos, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1988.
SML  CT3290 D48X 1997.

Mujer: Una Bibliografía México. Eli Bartra...[et al.]. México City: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Xochimilco, [1983].
SML  Z7964 M4 +M84 1983.

Biographies

Diccionario Biográfico de Mujeres Argentinas: Aumentado y Actualizado. Lily Sosa de Newton. Buenos Aires: Plus Ultra, 1980.
SML  CT3290 S68 1980.

Diccionario Mulheres do Brasil: de 1500 até a Atualidade. Schuma Schumaher and Erico Vital Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: J. Zahar, c2000.
SML  CT3303 D53 2000.

Las Desobedientes: Mujeres de Nuestra América. María Mercedes Jaramillo and Betty Osorio de Negret. Bogatá: Panamericana Editorial, 1997.
SML  CT3290 D48X 1997.

Mil Quinientas Mujeres en Nuestra Conciencia Colectiva: Catálogo Biográfico de Mujeres de México. Aurora Tovar Ramírez. México: Documentación y Estudios de Mujeres, A.C., 1996.
SML  CT3295 T68 1996.

Notable Latin American Women: Twenty-nine Leaders, Rebels, Poets, Battlers, and Spies, 1500-1900. Jerome R. Adams. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, c1995.
SML  CT3290 A33X 1995.

Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Ed., Cynthia Margarita Tompkins and David William Foster. Wesport, Conn.: Greeenwood Press, c2001.
SML Reference  CT3290 N68X 2001.

Pasión y Coraje: Mujeres que Hicieron Historia. Ed., Ana Maria Ramb. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Ediciones Instituto Movilizador de Fondos Cooperativos, [1999].
SML  CT3290 P36 1999.

Histories

s=women--latin america--history

The Gendered Worlds of Latin American Women Workers: From Household and Factory to the Union Hall and Ballot Box. Eds., John D. French and Daniel James. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1997.
SML  HD6100.5 G46X 1997.

Género, Familia y Mentalidades en América Latina. Ed., Pilar Gonzalbo Aizpuru. San Juan, P.R.: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1997.
SML  HN110.5 A8 G44X 1997.

Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice. Francesca Miller. Hanover: Univeristy Press of New England, 1991.
CCL  HQ 1460.5 M55X 1991.

Mujeres Latinoamericanas: Historia y Cultura: Siglos XVI al XIX. Ed., Luisa Campuzano. La Habana: Casa de las Américas; Mexico, D.F.: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, c1997.
SML  HQ1460.5 M865 1997.

Women in Latina America and the Caribbean: Restoring Women to History. Marysa Navarro and Virginia Sánchez Korrol. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 1999.
SML  HQ1460.5 N38X 1999.

The Women of Colonial Latin America. Susan Migden Socolow. Cambridge, UK: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
SML  HQ1460.5 S64 2000.

Literature

s=latin american literature--women authors
s=spanish american literature--women authors
s=caribbean literature--women authors

Contemporary Women Writing in other Americas. Ed., Georgiana M.M. Colvile. Lewiston: E. Mellon Press, c1996.
SML  PN843 C67 1996.

De Pesares y Alegrías: Escritoras Latinoamericanas y Caribeñas Contemporáneas. Ed., Luzelena Gutiérrez de Velasco, Gloria Prado and Ana Rosa Domnenella. México, D.F.: Colegio de México, 1999.
SML  PQ7081 A1 D4 1999.

Lesbian Voices from Latin America: Breaking Ground. Elena M. Martinez. New York: Garland, 1996.
SML  PQ7081 M357X 1996.

Voces Sexuadas: Género y Poesía en Hispanoamérica. Susana Reisz. [Lérida, Spain]: Asociación Española de Estudios Literarios Hispanoamericanos: Ediciones de la Universitat de Lleida, 1996.
SML  PQ7082 P7 R35 1996.

Women's Writing in Latin America: An Anthology. Ed., Sara Castro-Klarén, Sylvia Molloy and Beatriz Sarlo. Boulder: Westview Press, 1991.
CCL  PQ7083 W66X 1991.

Women's Movements

s=women in politics--latin america	s=women in politics--"country name"
s=feminism--latin america	s=feminism--"country name"

Encuentros, (des) Encuentros y Búsquedas: El Movimiento Feminista en América Latina. Ed., Cecilia Olea Mauleón. Lima, Peru: Flora Tristan, 1998.
SML  HQ1236.5 L37 E53 1998.

Gender Politics in Latin America: Debates in Theory and Practice. Ed., Elizabeth Dore. New York: Montly Review Press, 1997.
CCL  HQ1075.5 L29 G46X 1997.

Mujeres y Participación Politica: Avances y Desafíos en América Latina. Ed., Magdalena León. Santefé de Bogotá, Colombia: TM Editores, 1994.
SML  HQ1236.5 L37 M85X 1994.

Women, Culture, and Politics in Latin America. Seminar on Feminism and Culture in Latin America. Emilie Bergmann. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1990.
SML  HQ1460.5 W624X 1990.

Women and Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean. Santiago, Chile: United Nations, 1989.
SML  HQ1236.5 L37 W66X 1989.

Women's Movements in International Perspective: Latin America and Beyond. Maxine Molyneux. New York: Palgrave, 2001.
SML  HQ1460.5 M64X 2001.

Primary Source Material (Documents, Guides and Manuscripts)

Women in Argentina: Pamphlets. Argentina: various publishers.

SML Microtext Room	Part I      1978-1985	Film     B14564
	Part II     1983-1988	Film     B14565
	Part III    1984-1989	Film     B14566
	Part IV    1986-1991	Film     B14567

Women in Peru: A Collection of Pamphlets. Princeton University Library, 1984.

SML Microtext Room

Part I      1983-1985

Film     B4551

The Women's Movement in Cuba, 1898-1958: The Stoner Collection on Cuban Feminism. Ed. K. Lynn Stoner. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, 1991.
Guide to the Collection available at the SML Microtext Desk, HQ1507 +P75 1991

SML Microtext Room

13 Reels

Film    B13830

The Gerritsen Collection of Women's History. Glen Rock, N.J.: Microfilming Corp. of America. <1975>.
A Bibliographic Guide to the Microform Collection is available in the SML Reference Room and SML Microtext Room: HQ1121 +G47.

SML Microtext Room

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Language Series J: Spanish & Portuguese

Indexes, Abstracts and Databases

Contemporary Women's Issues. Beachwood, OH: Responsive Database Services.
Available online to the Yale community, dates vary.

Gender Watch. Standford, Conn: Softline Information.
Available online to the Yale community, dates vary.

Handbook of Latin American Studies. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1936-
SML Reference  Z1605 H35.
Available online to the Yale community, 1936-

Hispanic American Periodicals Index. Los Angeles: Latin American Center, UCLA, 1970-
SML Reference  Z6953.8 +H36
Available online to the Yale community, 1970-

Historical Abstracts. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1954-
SML D1 +H48/D1 +H48a
Available online to the Yale community, 1954-

Humanities Abstracts. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1974-
SML Reference Index Case AI1 H84.
Available online to the Yale community, 1984-

Index to Latin American Periodical Literature, 1929-1960. Boston: GK Hall, 1962.
SML Reference Z1601 +P35.

Social Science Abstracts. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1974-
SML Reference Index Case AI1 S633
Available online to the Yale community, 1983-

Web of Science. Philadelphia: Institute for Scientific Information.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index, 1975-
Social Science Citation Index, 1956-
Available online to the Yale community.

Women's Resources International. Baltimore, MD. National Information Services Corp.
Available online to the Yale community, dates vary.

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