Illinois Authors

Mark Overmyer-Velazquez

Born: July 22, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: He was born in Chicago, Illinois.

Biography: Mark Overmyer-Velazquez is an associate professor of history and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Connectitcut. He has also been a contributor to many scholarly journals and was the editor of ''Latino America: A State-by-State Encyclopedia''.

• Best Book Prize, New England council on Latin American Studies in 2007 for ''Visions of the Emerald City''

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Email: mark.velazquez@uconn.edu
Website: http://www.history.uconn.edu
Mark Overmyer-Velazquez on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=mark+overmyer-velazquez

Selected Titles

	Latino America : ISBN: 0313341168 OCLC: 428815591 Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. : 2008. Contains alphabetically arranged articles that explore the role of Latinos in the U.S., featuring a chronology, historical overview, brief profiles of notable Latinos, and notes on cultural contributions for each state.
	Visions of the Emerald City : ISBN: 0822337770 OCLC: 61821699 Duke University Press, Durham [N.C.] : 2006. This is an absorbing historical analysis of how Mexicans living in Oaxaca City experienced 'modernity' during the lengthy 'order and progress' dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz (1876-1911).