Looking South : The Evolution of Latin Americanist Schloarship in the United States, 1850-1975

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 evaluating generations of scholarship in texts, monographs, and journal articles, Delpar illuminates the growth of scholarly inquiry into Latin American history, anthropology, geography, political science, economics, sociology, and other social science disciplines. A comprehensive, ambitious, and valuable work on an increasingly important subject 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 evaluating generations of scholarship in texts, monographs, and journal articles, Delpar illuminates the growth of scholarly inquiry into Latin American history, anthropology, geography, political science, economics, sociology, and other social science disciplines. 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. Helen Delpar. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [227]-233) And Index.