LEADER 02669nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910778044803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8012-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000774931 035 $a(EBL)454535 035 $a(OCoLC)426050440 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000194202 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11178677 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000194202 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10231770 035 $a(PQKB)10311691 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8913 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454535 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309037 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454535 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774931 100 $a20070521d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLooking South$b[electronic resource] $ethe evolution of Latin Americanist scholarship in the United States, 1850-1975 /$fHelen Delpar 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-5464-6 311 $a0-8173-1594-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-233) and index. 327 $aPreface -- 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. 330 $aIn 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 ev 606 $aLatin Americanists$zUnited States 607 $aLatin America$xStudy and teaching$zUnited States 607 $aLatin America$xHistoriography 615 0$aLatin Americanists 676 $a980.0307/073 700 $aDelpar$b Helen$01490748 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778044803321 996 $aLooking South$93813992 997 $aUNINA