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A Library for the Americas : The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection / ed. by Julianne Gilland, José Montelongo.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2023]Copyright date: 2018Description: 1 online resource (232 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781477315125
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 025.2/798 23
LOC classification:
  • Z733.B4744 L53 2018eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: A Brief History of a Great Library -- Latin American Collections -- 1. In Praise of the Benson Collection/ Elogio de la Colección Benson -- 2. The Relaciones Geográficas -- 3. Archive in a Library -- 4. A Walk through the Benson with Lucas Alamán -- 5. La pasión por lo impreso -- Plates -- Latina/ o Collections -- 6. The Benson Latin American Collection as an Oppositional Borderlands Archive -- 7. Printed Proof -- 8. Telling Treasures -- Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors
Summary: Founded in 1921, the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin has become one of the world’s great libraries for the study of Latin America, as well as the largest university library collection of Latin American materials in the United States. Encompassing all areas of the Western Hemisphere that were ever part of the Spanish or Portuguese empires, the Benson Collection documents Latin American history and culture from the first European contacts to the current activities of Latinas/os in the United States. Scholars, students, and members of the public from around the world regularly use the multifaceted, multimedia resources of the Benson. Showcasing the incredible depth, diversity, and history of the Benson Collection, A Library for the Americas presents rare books and manuscripts, maps, photographs, music, oral histories, art and objects dating from the early 1500s to the present. Images of and captions for these materials are paired with a series of essays and reflections by distinguished scholars of Latin American and Latina/o studies, who describe the role that the Benson Collection has played in the research and intellectual contributions that have defined their careers. As a whole, the book celebrates the remarkable place for learning that is the Benson Collection, while not shying away from larger questions about what it means to have a monumental library and archive devoted to Latin America in the United States.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: A Brief History of a Great Library -- Latin American Collections -- 1. In Praise of the Benson Collection/ Elogio de la Colección Benson -- 2. The Relaciones Geográficas -- 3. Archive in a Library -- 4. A Walk through the Benson with Lucas Alamán -- 5. La pasión por lo impreso -- Plates -- Latina/ o Collections -- 6. The Benson Latin American Collection as an Oppositional Borderlands Archive -- 7. Printed Proof -- 8. Telling Treasures -- Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors

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Founded in 1921, the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin has become one of the world’s great libraries for the study of Latin America, as well as the largest university library collection of Latin American materials in the United States. Encompassing all areas of the Western Hemisphere that were ever part of the Spanish or Portuguese empires, the Benson Collection documents Latin American history and culture from the first European contacts to the current activities of Latinas/os in the United States. Scholars, students, and members of the public from around the world regularly use the multifaceted, multimedia resources of the Benson. Showcasing the incredible depth, diversity, and history of the Benson Collection, A Library for the Americas presents rare books and manuscripts, maps, photographs, music, oral histories, art and objects dating from the early 1500s to the present. Images of and captions for these materials are paired with a series of essays and reflections by distinguished scholars of Latin American and Latina/o studies, who describe the role that the Benson Collection has played in the research and intellectual contributions that have defined their careers. As a whole, the book celebrates the remarkable place for learning that is the Benson Collection, while not shying away from larger questions about what it means to have a monumental library and archive devoted to Latin America in the United States.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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