Part 6:
SPECIALIZED SOURCES

A selective list. For a listing of works related to postmodernism in Latin America, see Part 7 of this guide.

ebrary Academic Complete

The ebrary Academic Complete collection offers online books in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; it also contains over 1,000 maps. The ebrary database allows full-text searching of the entire collection. Most books are recently published (2000-) and titles from a variety of university and professional presses as well as academic and commercial publishers are included. Instructions on downloading the ebrary Reader to personal computers are found on the first page. Contains the Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. For other titles, a keyword search on Routledge and philosophy (Advanced search, both in text) will give you a listing of Routledge encyclopedias, guidebooks and histories in full text).

Literary Histories

For a lisiting of Literary Histories, see Latin American Literature: A Guide for the General Examinations, Part 4: Literary Histories. In addition, a definitive work has been recently published:

Literary cultures of Latin America: a comparative history / Mario J. Valdés and Djelal Kadir, editors. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Widener: WID-LC PQ7081.A1 L525 2004

A three-volume exploration of topics related to literature and society. Contents: v. 1 Configurations of literary culture -- v. 2 Institutional modes and cultural modalities -- v. 3 Latin American literary culture.

Philosophy

The Cambridge companion to Peirce / edited by Cheryl Misak. Cambridge, U.K.; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Widener: WID-LC B945.P44 C36 2004
Lamont: B945.P44 C36 2004

Collected essays and bibliography.

The Cambridge companion to William James / edited by Ruth Anna Putnam. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Widener: WID-LC B945.J21 P87 1997
Andover-Harv. Theol: B945.J21 P87 1997
Lamont: B945.J21 P87 1997

Collected essays and bibliography. See HOLLIS record for complete contents note.

Feldman, Fred. Pleasure and the good life: concerning the nature, varieties and plausibility of hedonism. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2004.
Widener Ordered--received; available via online form

Feldman, Fred. Utilitarianism, hedonism, and desert: essays in moral philosophy. Cambridge, U.K.; New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Widener: WID-LC BJ1012 .F434 1997
Andover-Harv. Theol: BJ1012 .F434 1997

Index to the collected works of John Dewey, 1882-1953 / edited by Anne S. Sharpe; associate editor, Harriet Furst Simon ; assistant editor, Barbara Levine. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1991.
Widener: Phil 1955.6.56; Widener: WID-LC B945.D45 Z85 1991
Gutman Education: B945 .D41 1991 Index; Lamont: B945.D45 Z85 1991

John Dewey: critical assessments / edited by J.E. Tiles. London; New York: Routledge, 1992.
Widener: WID-LC B945.D44 J57 1992

Contents: --1. Human nature and human nurture. --2. Political theory and social practice. --3. Value, conduct and art. --4. Nature, Knowledge and naturalism.

Ketner, Kenneth Laine. A comprehensive bibliography of the published works of Charles Sanders Peirce with a bibliography of secondary studies / edited by Kenneth Laine Ketner ; with the assistance of Arthur Franklin Stewart and Claude V. Bridges. 2nd ed., rev. Bowling Green, Ohio, USA : Philosophy Documentation Center, Bowling Green State University, 1986.
Houghton: Reading Room HRR 284.679.4
Andover-Harv.Theol: Ref. Z8669.4 .K47 1986

"Serves as an index and guide to: Charles Sanders Peirce: Complete published works, including selected secondary materials, a microfiche collection published by Johnson Associates in 1977."

Latin American philosophy : currents, issues, debates / edited by Eduardo Mendieta. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press; Chesham: Combined Academic, 2003.
Widener: Ordered/received; request via online form

Latin America writes back: postmodernity in the periphery (an interdisciplinary perspective) / edited by Emil Volek. New York: Routledge, 2002.
Widener: WID-LC PQ7081.A1 L336 2002

Levine, Barbara. Works about John Dewey, 1886-1995. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1996.
Widener: WID-LC B945.D44 Z995 1996x
Gutman Education: Ref. LB875.D5 L48 1996

The pragmatic turn in philosophy: contemporary engagements between analytic and continental thought / edited by William Egginton and Mike Sandbothe. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004.
Widener: WID-LC B832 .P7525 2004
Law School: ILS B832 .P7525 2004

Reading Rorty: critical responses to Philosophy and the mirror of nature (and beyond) / edited by Alan R. Malachowski; associate editor Jo Burrows. Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Mass., USA: B. Blackwell, 1990.
Widener: WID-LC B53 .R682 1990

Skrupskelis, Ignas K. William James: a reference guide. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1977.
Widener: WID-LC B945.J24 Z997 x
Andover-Harv. Theol: Ref. B945.J24 S58 1977

Papers Collections

Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914. Papers, 1787-1951 (inclusive).
Houghton: Charles S. Peirce Papers

Includes notebooks, lectures, and other compositions on mathematics, pragmatism, metaphysics, logic, linguistics, and the history of science. Also includes correspondence which ranges over much of Peirce's private and professional life as well as separate files of Peirce family correspondence. The bulk of the collection is included in: Microfilm Edition of the Charles S. Peirce Papers in the Houghton Library of Harvard University (Cambridge: Widener Photographic Services, 1964; supplement 1971) 38 reels (35 mm). Deposited by the Philosophy Department, Harvard University, and transferred from Harvard University Archives, 1960.

James, William, 1842-1910. Papers, 1803-1941 (inclusive) 1862-1910 (bulk).
Houghton: b MS Am 1092.9-1092.12

Contains personal and professional correspondence of William James, mostly letters written by him, including over 1300 to his wife Alice and over 400 to his brother Henry; and compositions including manuscripts, drafts, and notes on psychology, philosophy, religion, and Herbert Spencer; as well as addresses, lectures, articles, diaries, 1865-1910 (with gaps), address books and notebooks with reading lists, sketches, and notes James took as a student.

The collection also contains correspondence of James's parents and wife, early James family papers, daguerreotypes and photographs of the James family, an account book, scrapbooks, clippings, and miscellaneous material. Also includes manuscripts by others including student notes from his classes, and articles on his work; letters to Ralph Barton Perry from James's students and correspondence concerning Perry's TheThought and Character of William James; correspondence of Henry James III in his search for William James letters; and printed material about William James. Also includes letters from Mary Temple to John Chipman Gray.Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry James III. Some materials formerly housed in bound volumes. William James Papers (bMS Am 1092.9-1092.12). Houghton Library, Harvard University. For more details, see the HOLLIS record and the Electronic finding aid: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn3:FHCL.Hough:hou00373

Political Culture

Ciudadanía, cultura política y reforma del Estado en América Latina / Marco Antonio Calderón Mólgora, Willem Assies y Ton Salman, editores, Zamora, Michoacán: Colegio de Michoacán : IFE,Instituto Federal Electoral, 2002.
Widener: WID-LC JL967.A2 C5783 2002x

Descentralización y orden público / Antanas Mockus ... [et al.]. 1. ed. [Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia]: Milenio: Fescol, 1997.
Widener: Harvard Depository JL2829.D42 D475 1997x

Educación para la paz : una pedagogía para consolidar la democracia social y participativa / Antanas Mockus ... [et al. ; compiladores, Héctor Fabio Ospina, Sara Victoria Alvarado, Ligia López Moreno]. 1. ed. Santa Fe de Bogotá: Cooperativa Editorial Magisterio, 1999.
Widener: Harvard Depository JZ5534 .E377 1999

Globalization: culture and education for a new millennium / edited by Marcelo M. Suárez- Orozco and Desirée Baolian Qin-Hilliard. Berkeley: University of California Press; [S.l.] Published in association with the Ross Institute, 2004.
Widener: WID-LC JZ1318 .G57925 2004
Gutman Education: Reserve JZ1318 .G57925 2004
Networked Resource: JZ1318 .G57925 2004

Text available online via ebrary Academic Complete. Contents: Globalization: Culture
and Education in the New Millennium / Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco andDesiree Baolian Qin-Hilliard -- Globalization, Growth,and Welfare in History / John H. Coatsworth --Globalization and Education: An Economic Perspective /David E. Bloom -- Digital Skills, Globalization, andEducation / Antonio M. Battro -- The Fellowship of the Microchip: Global Technologies As Evocative Objects /Sherry Turkle -- Pop Cosmopolitanism: Mapping Cultural Flows in an Age of Media Convergence / Henry Jenkins --Globalization in Asia: AnthropologicalPerspectives / James L. Watson -- Formulating Identity in a Globalized World / Carola Suarez-Orozco -- Imperial Feelings: Youth Culture, Citizenship, and Globalization / Sunaina Maira -- How Education Changes: Considerations of History, Science, and Values / Howard Gardner.

Mockus, Antanas. Representar y disponer: un estudio de la noción de representación orientado hacia el examen de su papel en la comprensión previa del ser como disponibilidad / Antanas Mockus. 1. ed. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Centro Editorial, 1988.
Widener: Harvard Depository B105.R4 M63 1988x

Murillo-Castaño, Gabriel. Deliberación y construcción de ciudadanía : unaapuesta a la progresión democrática a comienzos del nuevo milenio / Gabriel Murillo Castaño, Lariza Pizana Rojas. 1. ed. [Bogotá, Colombia]: Universidad de los Andes,Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Ciencia Política, 2003.
Widener: Harvard Depository JL2881 .M875 2003
Widener: WID-LC JZ1318 .G57925 2004
Networked Resource JZ1318 .G57925 2004

Presente y futuro de la política social / Antanas Mockus ... [et al.]. Santa Fé de Bogotá: Confederación de Cooperativas de Colombia, [1997?]
Widener: Harvard Depository HN303.5 .P656 1996x

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