History : El Salvador

This pathfinder contains electronic resources on the history of El Salvador which includes timelines, chronologies, biographical dictionaries, and auxiliary studies.  The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning El Salvador is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 140 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.   One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to regional resources for Latin America is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/salvador/). Another site one should especially note is the site prepared by the Law Library of the Library of Congress for international and multinational information on their Guide to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/elsalvador.html).

BBC NEWS TIMELINE: EL SALVADOR  (http:///1/hi/world/americas/country%5Fprofiles/1220818.stm)
Brief timeline outlining major events in El Salvadoran history. In English.

THE CEREN WEB RESOURCE  (http://ceren.colorado.edu/)
"Ceren is an agricultural village in El Salvador that was buried in ash nearly fourteen centuries ago. Registered as a UN Heritage site, Ceren has been called the 'Pompeii of the New World.' Discovered in 1976 by Payson D. Sheets, an anthropology professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and under continuous excavation and study since, Ceren offers exciting opportunities to study household archaeology." This site uses experimental computer models, movies, QTVR, Shockwave and Java to display and describe material from Ceren. Also has bibliography of materials related to Ceren. In English.

THE EL MOZOTE MASSACRE  (http://www.parascope.com/articles/0197/el%5Fmozin.htm)
A narrative overview of the December 1981 massacre at the village of El Mozote with links to UN Truth Commission documents, documents from the 1992 forensic investigation, and list of the dead. In English.

EL SALVADOR: WAR, PEACE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS  (http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/nsa/publications/elsalvador2/)
Description of the National Security Archive's collection on documents related to the civil war and peace process in El Salvador. Links to a few sample documents. In English.

ENEMIES OF WAR  (http://www.pbs.org/itvs/enemiesofwar/)
A PBS site with information and excerpts from a documentary of the same name that "examines the horrific murders of six Jesuit priests and the subsequent political and social ramifications as seen through the eyes of a Salvadoran family, a United States congressman, an ex-ambassador and an American priest." Excellent list of resources (online and print) specifically related to El Salvadoran civil war, as well as El Salvadoran history, culture, and politics; human rights and international aid organizations; and online documents and articles. Also provides information on buying the video. In English.

QUEHONDAS.COM: HISTORIA  (http://www.queondas.com/aqui_estamos/historia/historia.htm)
Online magazine with section devoted to history of El Salvador. Links to several essays on various topics, including independence, the origin of the Salvadorian people, the meaning of the word, "guanaco," etc.

SALVATOUR: HISTORIA  (http://www.salvatour.com.sv/cgibin/paginador.cgi?cod=ZB)
Short essays on various aspects of Salvadorian history. In Spanish.

THE TRUTH OF EL MOZOTE (MARK DANNER)  (http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Danner/1993/truthelmoz01.html)
A twelve-page article originally published in the New Yorker (1993) by Mark Danner (journalist, MacArthur Fellow, currently staff writer for the New Yorker). This article formed the basis for a book by Danner entitled, The Massacre at El Mozote: Parable of the Cold War. In English.

WORLD HISTORY ACHIVE: EL SALVADOR  (http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/47/index-d.html)
Site aims to provide access to "documents to support the study of world history from a working-class and non-Eurocentric perspective." Contains links to articles and papers on the contemporary history of El Salvador, divided into subdisciplinary categories: economic history, political history, social history, etc. In English.