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This timely text traces the impact of the Cold War on the transformation of the field of Latin American studies. Drawing on unpublished documents, it highlights how new academics challenged the mainstream consensus and opened the field to progressive theoretical currents. This book provides an essential foundation for new directions in the field.
List of contents
Foreword
Gilbert M. Joseph
Introduction
Ronald H. Chilcote
Chapter 1: The Cold War and the Transformation of Latin American Studies in the United States
Ronald H. Chilcote
Chapter 2: Academic Entrepreneurs, Public Policy, and the Growth of Latin American Studies in Britain during the Cold War
Rory M. Miller
Chapter 3: Between Academia and Civil Society: The Origins of Latin American Studies in the Netherlands
Michiel Baud
Chapter 4: Between Academia and Politics: Latin American Studies in Germany during the Cold War
Hans-Jürgen Puhle
Chapter 5: Latin American Studies in East Central Europe during the Cold War: The Case of Czechoslovakia
Josef Opatrný
Chapter 6: The Cold War and Latin American Area Studies in the Former USSR: Reflections and Reminiscences
Russell H. Bartley
Chapter 7: Latin American Studies in China during the Cold War
Mao Xianglin and Shi Huiye
Chapter 8: The Centro de Estudios sobre América: Notes on a Little-Known History
Luís Suárez Salazar, translated by Victoria Furio
Afterword 233
Judith Adler Hellman
Appendix: The Latin American Challenge to U.S. Scholarship in Latin America 247
Ronald H. Chilcote
About the Contributors
Latin American Perspectives in the Classroom
About the author
Ronald H. Chilcote is Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Riverside, and has served as managing editor of the academic journal Latin American Perspectives since its founding in 1974. His recent books include Intellectuals and the Search for a National Identity in Brazil and The Portuguese Revolution: State and Class in the Transition to Democracy. He is the winner of the 2022 Kalman Silvert Award.
