Catálogo del fondo manuscrito americano de la Real Biblioteca del Escorial

Campos y Fernández de Sevilla, F. Javier, Catálogo del fondo manuscrito americano de la Real Biblioteca del Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial: Ediciones Escurialenses, Instituto de Escurialense de Investigaciones Históricas y Artísticas, 1993. 24x17 cm. 586 p. Rústica. Algunas reproducciones color. 1ª edición, 1993. Carpeta blanda.

Fundación Histórica Tavera: Guía preliminar de fuentes documentales etnográficas para el estudio de los pueblos indígenas de Iberoamérica:

La biblioteca del Real Monasterio del Escorial es por su selecto contenido, uno de los fondos documentales de mayor interés para el estudio de las culturas y forma de vida indígena de Iberoamérica, no tanto por la cantidad de sus documentos Americanistas sino por su calidad (Véase CABEZÓN, M.G. Noticia de los manuscritos escurialenses relativos a la historia y costumbres de los Indios Americanos, Madrid 1909, pp. 26-32. Separata de la revista La Ciudad de Dios (San Lorenzo de El Escorial)). No hay que olvidar que fue biblioteca Real durante varios reinados de los Austrias y Borbones y que como tal conserva piezas de incalculable valor al cuidado actual de monjes agustinos.

From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean

Williams, Eric, From Columbus to Castro: The History of the Caribbean, 1492-1969, London: André Deutsch, 1970.

From Chapter 7:

Gold, sugar, slaves, this Caribbean trinity represented an enormous accession of wealth and power. Not surprisingly, Spain's imperialist rivals insisted on their share. The Caribbean islands began their association with modern society as the pawn of European power politics, the cockpit of Europe, the arena of Europe's wars hot and cold.

Estudio crítico sobre las "Noticias Secretas de América" y el Clero Colonial

Merino, P. Luis, Estudio Crítico sobre las "Noticias Secretas de América" y el Clero Colonial (1720 - 1765), Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Publicaciones del Instituto Santo Toríbio de Mogrovejo, 1956.

Review

Noticias Secretas de América

Vargas of Brazil

Dulles, John W.F., Vargas of Brazil: A Political Biography, Austin: University of Texas Press, 1967. hardcover

Review

From the book jacket:

The dominant public figure in Brazil from 1930 until 1954 was a highly contradictory and controversial personality. Getúlio Vargas, from the pampas of the southern frontier state of Rio Grande do Sul, became the dictator that ruled without ever forgetting the lower classes.

John W. F. Dulles, Professor of Latin American studies; son of former Secretary of State

West Indies

Sherlock, Philip, West Indies, London: Thames and Hudson, 1966.

Review

From the Miami Herald obituary:

Sir Philip Sherlock, a giant among contemporary Caribbean historians and educators, died of natural causes at his home in Jamaica Monday. He was 98.

``Philip Sherlock was among the greatest West Indians of the 20th Century,'' said Sir Shridath Ramphal, chancellor of the University of the West Indies, an institution Sherlock helped found in the late 1940s and where he later served as vice chancellor. ``May the 21st see his like again.''

Personal note: A mentor to my father, Sir Philip died the same year he did.

The History of the Barbados Workers' Union

Mark, Francis Xavier, The History of the Barbados Workers' Union, Bridgetown: Advocate Commercial Printing, 1966.

Reference in SIR FRANK LESLIE WALCOTT

Caribbean Power

Rickards, Colin, Caribbean Power, London: Dennis Dobson, 1963.

From the book jacket:

This is a book about politicians, ' says the author. 'But I have tried not to make it a political book. The leaders are varied-some good, some bad. Their relationships with each other, and with the Great Powers, are as mixed as they are themselves. The influences of the US and Great Britain-again some good and some bad-have played and continue to play an important part in their lives. I have apportioned blame for bad government and praise for good government. But primarily I have written of the men themselves, their hopes, aspirations and fears. ' Mr Rickards deals with 23 very varying Caribbean leaders and brings vividly to life the men who are/shaped an increasingly important part of the world.