The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba: A Research Guide

Koulen, Ingrid & Gert Oostindie, The Netherlands Antilles and Aruba: a research guide, Dordrecht, Holland; Providence, U.S.A.: Foris Publications, 1987.

From the cover:

This book, large parts of which were published in Dutch in 1984 by a joint Antillean-Dutch group of scholars, aims to survey and stimulate relevant social science research on the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. It consists of four chapters. The first two provide an introduction to the islands and to the actual state of research and research centres. The heart of the book is the third chapter, an extensive bibliographical essay. In the last chapter, some recommendations for future research are formulated. An extensive bibliography of some 550 entries and a list of relevant research centres complete the book.

Latin American Studies in Europe

Mesa-Lago, Carmelo, Latin American studies in Europe, Pittsburgh: Center for Latin American Studies, 1980.

Reviewed in the Revista de Historia de América © 1982.

From the introduction:

The first part of the report provides a guide to, or country reports on, close to 100 Latin American studies programs in Europe. About half of these are major programs and are fully described in the main body of each country report, while the other half are considered minor programs for which only brief information is provided in the report under “others”.
(…)
In the second part of this report the major Latin American studies programs in Europe described herein are contrasted and analyzed in various aspects: the timing of their inception; the motivations (political, economical, cultural) for their creation; and the principal initiator of such programs (the government, business corporations, universities, foundations). This is followed by an evaluation and ranking of the programs and countries based on six criteria extracted from the information provided in the ten standardized items supplied in the country reports. The second part of the report ends with a discussion of what we can learn from the European experience.

The Politics of Constitutional Decolonization: Jamaica, 1944-62

Munroe, Trevor, The Politics of Constitutional Decolonization: Jamaica, 1944-62, Jamaica: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, 1972.

Reviewed in Caribbean Studies © 1973.

Wikipedia:

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Munroe attended high school at St. George's College (Class of 1959) and later studied political science at the University of the West Indies, Mona. He won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he obtained the D.Phil in political science for a landmark study of the process of decolonization in Jamaica between the 1930s and 1960s, published as The Politics of Constitutional Decolonization in 1972. In his return to Jamaica in the late 1960s, he became involved in the political ferment that followed the Rodney Riots of 1968. Munroe founded a trade union, the University and Allied Workers' Union, initially to represent janitorial and service staff at the UWI. In 1974 he founded the Workers' Liberation League (WLL), an explicitly pro-Soviet Marxist-Leninist organization. In 1978, working with Elean Thomas and others,[2] He transformed the WLL into the Workers Party of Jamaica (WPJ), and served as its general secretary.[3]

Mexikanische Kostbarkeiten aus Kunstkammern der Renaissance

Nowotny, Karl A., Mexikanische Kostbarkeiten aus Kunstkammern der Renaissance, Vienna, 1960. (Mexican treasures from art galleries of the Renaissance in the Museum of Ethnology Vienna and in the National Library Vienna)

Geschichtliches Sendungen aus Mexiko:

Auf die bekannten Geschehnisse der Entdeckung und Eroberung Mexikos durch die Spanier bezieht sich eine Reihe sehr eigenartiger Dokumente. In verschiedenen Städten Europas bewahrt man noch Gegenstände des vorspanischen Kunstgewerbes, die damals nach Europa kamen. Erstmalig wurden im Jahr 1519 derartige Dinge nach Europa gebracht. Auch in den folgenden Jahren wurden größere Mengen von Gold- und Silbergegenständen nach Europa versendet; meist schmolz man aber die Edelmetalle gleich in Mexiko ein. Außerdem kamen Bilderhandschriften, Federarbeiten, Mosaiken, Holzschnitzereien mit Einlagen sowie Baumwollstoffe herüber. Nach wenigen Jahrzehnten waren in Mexiko kaum mehr vorspanische Gegenstände vorhanden.

Historical shipments from Mexico:

A series of very peculiar documents refers to the well-known events of the discovery and conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. In various European cities you can still find objects from the pre-Hispanic art industry that came to Europe at the time. For the first time in 1519 such things were brought to Europe. Also in the following years, larger quantities of gold and silver items were shipped to Europe; but mostly the precious metals melted in Mexico. In addition, photo manuscripts, feather work, mosaics, wood carvings with deposits and cotton fabrics came over. After a few decades, there were hardly any pre-Hispanic objects left in Mexico.

Influencia de Algunas Capitulaciones en la Geografía de Venezuela

De Armas Chitty, J.A., Influencia de algunas capitulaciones en la geografía de Venezuela, Caracas: Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1967.

Las Capitulaciones: Fueron documentos firmados entre los Reyes de España y los jefes de las expediciones que venían al nuevo continente. La primera capitulación fue firmada el 17 de Abril de 1492 entre Cristóbal Colón y los reyes católicos. (…) Otra capitulación muy importante fue la que firmó en 1528 el emperador Carlos V con los Welser, unos ricos banqueros alemanes que le habían prestado una gran cantidad de dinero. En esa capitulación se les concedía un territorio comprendido entre el cabo de la Vela (Cerca de Coro) y Maracapana (en las cercanías de Unare Anzoategui).

Del Prólogo:

El libro de Armas Chitty se ha concluido justamente cuando se realizaban intensas discusiones acerca de los derechos de Venezuela sobre la Guayana Esequiba y así adquiere, no solo la importancia que toda compilación documental posee, sino la viva actualidad de contener testimonios decisivos para comprender el litigio de Venezuela con la Gran Bretaña. Clarísimas fronteras surgen en estas capitulaciones. Si algunas pueden haber sido modificadas por tratados posteriores al siglo XVI, otras en realidad nunca fueron sometidas a controversias hasta cuando, en el siglo pasado, surgieron las pretensiones sobre el Esequibo. Conviene juntar en líneas de prólogo, para darles cabal sentido nacionalista que adquieren, algunas de las disposiciones que los lectores encontraran en este volumen. Podríamos añadir, antes de transcribirlas, que la obra viene a ser parte de las respuestas capaces de responder a una pregunta sugerida por el conflicto sobre Guayana Esequiba: ¿Cuáles son los límites históricos de Venezuela? ¿Hasta dónde, de acuerdo con el principio establecido en 1811, alcanzan los derechos de nuestro país, en vista de las antiguas delimitaciones de la Gobernación de Venezuela y de distintas provincias que fueron integradas en 1777? ¿Cuáles fueron los límites que hacia el Sur dejó trazado el proceso histórico, fijados en innumerables documentos entre los cuales se cuentan estas capitulaciones?

Latin American Radicalism: A Documentary Report on Left and Nationalist Movements

Horowitz, Irving Louis, Josué de Castro & John Gerassi, Latin American Radicalism: A Documentary Report on Left and Nationalist Movements, New York: Random House, 1969.

Reviewed in Desarrollo Económico.

Reviewed in International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-).

Irving Louis Horowitz (September 25, 1929 – March 21, 2012) was an American sociologist, author and college professor who wrote and lectured extensively in his field. (…) Throughout his academic career, Horowitz received many awards, including a special citation from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace for his 1957 book, The Idea of War and Peace in Contemporary Philosophy; recognition by Time magazine as a leader of a new breed of radical sociologist;[3] the Centennial Medallion from St. Peter's College, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1971, for outstanding contribution to a humanistic social science; and a Presidential Outstanding Achievement Award, 1985, from Rutgers University. He was a member of the Carnegie Council, American Association of Publishers, American Political Science Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and past president (1961–1962) of the New York State Sociological Society.

Mundo Nuevo, Año 1, núm 1 (1978) (Journal)

Mundo Nuevo, Año 1, núm 1, Julio – Septiembre de 1978.

El Instituto de Altos Estudios de América Latina de la Universidad Simón Bolívar realiza actividades de investigación, docencia y extensión referidas a la realidad de América Latina y a la que, fuera del área, afecta a su desenvolvimiento. MUNDO NUEVO, Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos es una publicación semestral del Instituto y, si bien difunde los resultados de sus propias investigaciones y actividades académicas, acoge con beneplácito los aportes científicos que le sean enviados en forma de artículos o notas. Las opiniones en ellos vertidas no comprometen necesariamente la del Instituto.

Sumario:

Presentación, por Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas.

El Problema de América, por Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla.

América en Italia; Testimonio del libro Impreso, por German Arciniegas.

El desarrollo de las políticas culturales en América Latina, por Felipe Herrera.

Problemas de método en el estudio de la filosofía latinoamericana, por Francisco Miro Quesada.

Derecho internacional americano, nacionalismo latinoamericano y régimen internacional, por Juan Carlos Puig

Operación Puerto Rico sobre Venezuela

Araujo, Orlando, Operación Puerto Rico sobre Venezuela, Caracas: Publicaciones del Comité Político Nacional del Partido Revolucionario de Integración Nacionalista (PRIN), 1967.

El Partido Revolucionario de Integración Nacionalista (PRIN) fue un partido político venezolano de izquierda fundado en 1962 tras una escisión de Acción Democrática (AD) por Raúl Ramos Giménez. El partido desaparece en 1973.

De la conclusión del libro:

Si tenemos en cuenta que el 66% de la inversión petrolera es de los Estados Unidos (el otro 33,5% es de Inglaterra), que el 70% de la inversión extranjera en la industria manufacturera es, también, de Estados Unidos y que las empresas “mixtas” que se han formado y las que se proyectan en petroquímica y en hierro y acero son consorcios norteamericanos, podemos afirmar y denunciar, con angustia y con ira, que se está realizando sin obstáculos ni resistencia, una acelerada operación Puerto Rico sobre Venezuela.

En inglés:

If we take into account that 66% of oil investment is from the United States (the other 33.5% is from England), that 70% of foreign investment in the manufacturing industry is also from the United States and that the "mixed" companies that have been formed and those that are projected in petrochemical and iron and steel are North American consortiums, we can affirm and denounce, with anguish and anger, that what is being carried out without obstacles or resistance, is an accelerated “operation Puerto Rico on Venezuela”.

Political Mobilization of the Venezuelan Peasant

Powell, John Duncan, Political Mobilization of the Venezuelan Peasant, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1971.

Available online, if you log in.

Reviewed in Economic Development and Cultural Change © 1974.

Reviewed in The Journal of Interdisciplinary History © 1972.

Reviewed in the Journal of Latin American Studies © 1973.

From the book cover:

In the first part of this pioneering study, John Duncan Powell traces the formation of a successful alliance between the peasant masses, who sought land reform, and a small urban elite, which desperately needed a political power base. Part II is devoted to an empirical structural-functional analysis of the alliance.

The Hydra Head

Fuentes, Carlos, The Hydra Head, United States: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, Inc., 1978.

Reviewed in Kirkus, and the New York Times.

See also the Encyclopedia Britannica, and the Christian Science Monitor.

From Google Books:

Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's leading novelist, … has produced what is probably the first Third World spy thriller, an action-filled, quick-paced novel of intrigue as contemporary as a headline. The Hydra Head has a constant political reality as backdrop: the permanent tension in the Middle East and the vast new oil resources of Mexico, the setting for a brilliant attempt to portray the diversity of one man's experience.

The American Tradition in Foreign Policy

Tannenbaum, Frank, The American Tradition in Foreign Policy, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1955. (signed by the author for Dr. Mathews, his former doctoral student)

Reviewed in Indiana Law Journal: Vol. 32: Iss. 1.

Reviewed in The Journal of Politics, Volume 17, Number 3 | Aug., 1955.

See also The Balance of Power Versus the Coördinate State:

This essay is an attempt to state what has always been the American philosophy of international relations. It brings to the surface the beliefs and the ideals upon which this nation was built as a great federal system, and shows how these same commitments have shaped our foreign policy from the beginning.

Las Instituciones Coloniales de Hispanoamérica: Siglos XVI a XVIII

Haring, C. H., Las instituciones coloniales de Hispanoamérica: siglos XVI a XVIII, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Ciclo de Conferencias sobre la Historia de Puerto Rico, 1957.

Introducción:

Se me ha pedido que hable esta noche sobre las instituciones políticas con que España gobernó su una vez extenso imperio colonial en América.

Clarence Henry Haring (born 9 February 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - died 4 September 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an important historian of Latin America and a pioneer in initiating the study of Latin American colonial institutions among scholars in the United States.

La Revolución Democrática de Venezuela

Alexander, Robert J., La Revolución Democrática de Venezuela, Medellín Colombia: Ediciones Albon – Interprint, 1967. (extremadamente frágil)

Robert Jackson "Bob" Alexander (November 26, 1918 – April 27, 2010) was an American political activist, writer, and academic who spent most of his professional career at Rutgers University. He is best remembered for his pioneering studies on the trade union movement in Latin America and dissident communist political parties, including ground-breaking monographs on the International Communist Right Opposition, Maoism, and the international Trotskyist movement.

Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello (22 February 1908 – 28 September 1981…), known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was President of Venezuela from 1945 to 1948 and again from 1959 to 1964, as well as leader of Acción Democrática, Venezuela's dominant political party in the 20th century. Betancourt, one of Venezuela's most important political figures, led a tumultuous and highly controversial career in Latin American politics. Periods of exile brought Betancourt in contact with various Latin American countries as well as the United States, securing his legacy as one of the few real international leaders to emerge from 20th-century Latin America. Scholars credit Betancourt as the Founding Father of modern democratic Venezuela.

Ver además Democratic Revolution in Venezuela en The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science © 1965.

The Virgin Islands and Their People

Jarvis, José Antonio, The Virgin Islands and Their People, USA: Dorrance & Company Inc., 1944. (2 copies)

From the Preface:

This book was prepared to satisfy the growing demand for a reliable yet short account of the Virgin Islands and their people. Nothing essential has been left out; yet no unimportant detail has been included.

Curaçao

Römer, René A., Curaçao, UNICA: Association of Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes, 1981.

From the Foreword by Dr. B.M. Leito:

Un pueblo na kaminda – a people on the move: an apt title for a study of the evolution of the population of the island of Curaçao from the coming of the first settlers from overseas to its present-day composition, with a look to the future. I consider this study by Dr. René Römer so important because it gives the reader an idea of the genesis of our remarkable, extremely mixed society. In my opinion, variety is perhaps the most typical feature of the society of Curaçao: this variety is expressed in the different shades of skin color, the other racial characteristics, religious confessions, the many languages spoken by groups and families and many other aspects of social life on the island.

René Antonio Römer (2 July 1929, Willemstad, Curaçao – 25 February 2003, Curaçao)[1] was Governor of the Netherlands Antilles from 1983 to 1990. He was also a professor of sociology at the University of The Netherlands Antilles and at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

New Colonialism U.S. Style

Winston, Henry, New Colonialism U.S. Style, New York: New Outlook Publishers, March, 1965.

Available online.

Henry M. Winston (2 April 1911[1] – 13 December 1986) was an African-American political leader and Marxist civil rights activist. Winston, committed to equal rights and communism, was an advocate of civil rights for African Americans decades before the idea of racial equality emerged as a mainstream current of American political thought. An early member of the American Communist Party, Winston was elected to the party's National Board in 1936, serving as Chairman of the CPUSA from 1966 to 1986.

Conflictos de Clase y Política en Puerto Rico

Quintero Rivera, Ángel, Conflictos de clase y política en Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras: Ediciones Huracán, 1976.

De la portada:

Los estudios de Ángel Quintero Rivera reunidos en este cuaderno de CEREP son aportaciones decisivas al conocimiento del Puerto Rico actual, y plantean, a través del caso concreto puertorriqueño, importantes cuestiones relativas al estudio de la dependencia. Examina con rigor metodológico y teórico, los conflictos de clase en la política colonial puertorriqueña, tanto bajo el régimen español como el norteamericano. El análisis de Quintero, apoyado en fuentes nutridas y diversas, aborda los conflictos internos de la sociedad puertorriqueña y conjuntamente examina los condicionamientos y las relaciones que surgen de la dependencia colonial.

Puerto Rico’s Revolt for Independence: El Grito de Lares

Jiménez de Wagenheim, Olga, Puerto Rico’s Revolt for Independence: El Grito de Lares, Princeton & New York: Markus Wiener Publishing, 1993.

From the Encyclopedia:

Born September 24, 1941, in Camuy, Puerto Rico; daughter of Santos (a farmer) and Victoria (Méndez) Jiménez; married Kalman Wagenheim (a journalist), June 10, 1961; children: David Roberto, Maria Dolores. Ethnicity: "Puerto Rican." Education: Inter-American University, San Juan, Puerto Rico, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1970; State University of New York at Buffalo, M.A., 1971; Rutgers University, Ph.D., 1981.

Antología de Cuentos Puertorriqueños

Cooke, Paul J., Antología de cuentos puertorriqueños, Godfrey, Illinois: Monticello College Edition, 1956.

De la Dedicatoria de Paul J. Cooke:

Dedico este libro a todos los puertorriqueños dondequiera que estén, y sobre todo a los que me han ayudado en el empeño de presentar al público cuentos honrosos para la isla. Es imposible mencionar a todos, pero no debo de omitir mi agradecimiento más profundo a Abelardo Diaz Alfaro y a su colaborador, recién fallecido, el Dr. Héctor Barrera. Sin su ayuda hubiera sido imposible preparar esta antología.

Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 18 (Journal)

Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1, Jamaica: ISER, March 1969.

Contents:

Electoral Law and Administration in Jamaica, by Ann Spackman.

The School Certificate Examination, Jamaica, 1962, by D.R. Manley.

Body Image, Physical Beauty and Colour among Jamaican Adolescents.

Book Reviews.

The Need for New Perspectives in Teaching and Research in Economics in Latin America.

Notes on contributors.