A reference guide to all the elements of the Inter-American System from its formal beginning in 1889 to the present.
Preface Abbreviations Introduction The Encyclopedia Chronology Appendix A: Charter of the Organization of American States Appendix B: Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance Appendix C: Membership in the Inter-American System Appendix D: Changing Structure of the Organization of American States Appendix E: The Secretariat Appendix F: Inter-American Development Bank Appendix G: State Profiles Bibliographic Essay Index
G. POPE ATKINS is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, and Professor Emeritus, U.S. Naval Academy. He has published extensively on Latin American, international, and comparative politics.
?Atkins' comprehensive encyclopedia describes the evolution of the
Inter-American system, which today comprises the Organization of
American States (35 American countries, including Canada, the
Commonwealth Caribbean, and Surinam) and the Inter-American
Development Bank (28 American countries and 16 nonregional
countries)....this is the best reference source on the complex
Inter-American system. It will be an asset in all academic
libraries, especially those with an interest in Latin
America.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?Reference works are often mechanical compilations of dry factual
material. That is emphatically not the case with this superbly
useful scholarly work. Atkins, long the ranking authority in study
of the inter-American system...now has brought out yet another
publication indispensable for all students of the topic and the
area....The entries consistently reflect the highest scholarly
standard...That this encyclopedia is entirely Atkins' work attests
to his exceptional research, knowledge, judgment, and unalloyed
professionalism.?-Choice
"Atkins' comprehensive encyclopedia describes the evolution of the
Inter-American system, which today comprises the Organization of
American States (35 American countries, including Canada, the
Commonwealth Caribbean, and Surinam) and the Inter-American
Development Bank (28 American countries and 16 nonregional
countries)....this is the best reference source on the complex
Inter-American system. It will be an asset in all academic
libraries, especially those with an interest in Latin
America."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"Reference works are often mechanical compilations of dry factual
material. That is emphatically not the case with this superbly
useful scholarly work. Atkins, long the ranking authority in study
of the inter-American system...now has brought out yet another
publication indispensable for all students of the topic and the
area....The entries consistently reflect the highest scholarly
standard...That this encyclopedia is entirely Atkins' work attests
to his exceptional research, knowledge, judgment, and unalloyed
professionalism."-Choice
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