《剑桥拉丁美洲史》是70年代初由英国伦敦大学拉美研究所所长莱斯利·贝瑟尔教授主编的九卷本史学巨著。参加这项工作的学者来自美国、加拿大、英国和欧洲以及拉丁美洲各国。1984年以来,该书中的六卷已陆续问世。世界各报刊及各国研究拉美的学术刊物纷纷载文称道该书的科学性、完整性和权威性。为了推动我国的拉美研究和繁荣学术文化,在中国社会科学院领导、院科研局和中国社会科学文献出版社的支持和资助下,中国社科院拉丁美洲研究所自1988年起组织院内外几十位学者着手将《剑桥拉丁美洲史》陆续译成中文出版。该书第四卷中文版即将与广大读者见面;第五卷中文版也将于1991年推出。全书将在七、八年内出齐,估计中文总字数可达六、 “Cambridge History of Latin America” ​​is a nine-volume historical monograph authored by Professor Leslie Bethel, director of the Latin American Institute at the University of London in the early 1970s. Scholars participating in this work are from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe, as well as Latin American countries. Since 1984, six volumes in the book have been published one after another. Various newspapers and magazines in Latin America all over the world claim that the book is scientific, complete and authoritative. In order to promote China’s Latin American research and prosperity of academic culture, with the support and funding of the leaders of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Academia Sinica and the Chinese Social Sciences Academic Press, the Institute of Latin American Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has organized dozens of academic institutions Some scholars began to “Cambridge History of Latin America” ​​successively translated into Chinese publishing. The fourth volume of the book Chinese version is about to meet with the majority of readers; Volume V Chinese version will be launched in 1991. The book will be in seven or eight years, it is estimated that the total number of Chinese characters up to six,