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Medicine, Agriculture, Or Social Pathology? The Classification Of Materials On Coca In U.S. Libraries, Tina Gross

Library Faculty Presentations

Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, a professor of Sociology at the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés in La Paz, came to the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures as a visiting professor in January and February of 2007. During her visit, I assisted her in conducting research on the subject classification of works on coca in North American libraries for a chapter in her forthcoming book.

Rivera has a longstanding interest in the subject treatment of library materials from Bolivia and in how classification practices and trends have changed over time. Her 2003 book Las fronteras de la coca: …

Minnesota Digital Library: Expanding Directions, M. Keith Ewing

Library Faculty Presentations

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