02642nam 2200553 a 450 991080789050332120200520144314.00-8173-8012-4(CKB)1000000000774931(EBL)454535(OCoLC)426050440(SSID)ssj0000194202(PQKBManifestationID)11178677(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194202(PQKBWorkID)10231770(PQKB)10311691(MdBmJHUP)muse8913(Au-PeEL)EBL454535(CaPaEBR)ebr10309037(MiAaPQ)EBC454535(EXLCZ)99100000000077493120070521d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLooking South the evolution of Latin Americanist scholarship in the United States, 1850-1975 /Helen DelparTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20081 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5464-6 0-8173-1594-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index.Preface -- Beginnings -- Laying the foundations -- Early historians -- The rise of anthropology -- Geography and the other social sciences -- Latin Americanists and the world of policy making -- Maturity and institutionalization -- A decade of expansion, 1935-1945 -- Marking time, 1945-1958 -- The boom years, 1958-1975 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.In the Preface to her new study, Latin Americanist Helen Delpar writes, ""Since the seventeenth century, Americans have turned their gaze toward the lands to the south, seeing in them fields for religious proselytization, economic enterprise, and military conquest."" Delpar, consequently, aims her considerable gaze back at those Americans and the story behind their longtime fascination with Latin American culture. By visiting seminal works and the cultures from which they emerged, following the effects of changes in scholarly norms and political developments on the training of students, and evLatin AmericanistsUnited StatesLatin AmericaStudy and teachingUnited StatesLatin AmericaHistoriographyLatin Americanists980.0307/073Delpar Helen1604033MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807890503321Looking South4012768UNINA