Initialed notices were written by C. R. Boxer, John V. Lombardi, David M. Pletcher, Robert E. Quirk, Russell Salmon, James R. Scobie, and Kathleen Hedberg, all of Indiana University.
Arthur E. Gropp, librarian of the Columbus Memorial Library in Washington, D. C., has carried out the monumental and unenviable task of revising C. K. Jones’ Bibliography of Latin American Bibliographies (1942). More than 4,000 new references have been added—an indication of the great number of publications on Latin America since the 1930s. Gropp has altered Jones’ basic format, arranging the entries by subject, rather than by country. Within each subject, however, the listings are broken down into country subdivisions. The compiler has also provided a detailed index to names, corporate bodies, government offices, titles of series, and subject entries. The reviewer’s cliché that this volume belongs on the bookshelf of every Latin Americanist is most apropos here.
