Whitten,Norman E. (Editor) and Torres,Arlene (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
Bloomington: Indiana University Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
520 p., Argues that if we are to understand the meanings of blackness in the African diaspora, and elsewhere, we must critically examine paradigms that have emerged over the past five centuries out of Euroamerican racism and black liberation. This work clarifies many issues of cultural representation and social identity in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Caribbean/Latin American Action (Organization) (Author)
Format:
Annual Periodical
Publication Date:
1998-2003
Published:
Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman Islands, B.W.I.; Coral Gables, FL: Caribbean Publishing Company Ltd.
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
208 p., Regional and country surveys; includes sectoral developments in transportation, information technology, finance, and other areas, and major trading arrangements and blocs. Published jointly with the Caribbean/Latin American Action (C/LAA), Washington, D.C. Also includes a section on Miami, Florida.
Researcher for the Inter American Press Association: "practicing investigative journalism can be far more dangerous in small-town South America than in the capitals." Cites deaths of reporters who exposed drug traffickers and corruption, and criticized politicians and ruling elite in rural areas of Colombia and Brazil.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1998
Published:
Washington, DC: U.S.G.P.O., Superintendent of Documents
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
59 p., Examines policy and progress in the Western Hemisphere, focusing on the second Summit of the Americas in Santiago, Chile, as a reflection of US government policy toward Latin America, and economic conditions, migrant rights, prison conditions, education, and other human rights issues; 1990s. Some focus on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IAHCR), and the US International Development Agency (USAID).
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36224
Notes:
Section 5 in Don Richardson and Lynnita Paisley (eds.), The first mile of connectivity, Communication for Development, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy. Via online. 10 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11182
Journal Title Details:
3 pages
Notes:
Conference: Partnerships & Participation in Telecommunications for Rural Development at the beautiful campus of the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, October 26 & 27, 1998.
