Since its foundation, Duke University Libraries' collection on Latin America and the Caribbean has consistently been among the top ten in the United States both in size and scope. Together these resources include strong, complementary collections in the social sciences and humanities, emphasizing political and institutional history, labor history, human rights, political economy, political humor, sociology, women's studies, demography, anthropology and archeology, and international and inter-American relations. In literature there is a broad representation of the belles-lettres of all the Latin American countries. Other significant collections include national and international statistics, philosophy, folklore, cultural studies, maps, film, sustainable development, and rare books and manuscripts.