Disciplinary Conquest : U.S. Scholars in South America, 1900-1945 / Ricardo D. Salvatore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salvatore, Ricardo Donato, author.

Series:

American encounters/global interactions

American Encounters/Global Interactions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages).

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Durham NC : Duke University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In Disciplinary Conquest Ricardo D. Salvatore rewrites the origin story of Latin American studies by tracing the discipline's roots back to the first half of the twentieth century. Salvatore focuses on the work of five representative U.S. scholars of South America-historian Clarence Haring, geographer Isaiah Bowman, political scientist Leo Rowe, sociologist Edward Ross, and archaeologist Hiram Bingham-to show how Latin American studies was allied with U.S. business and foreign policy interests. Diplomats, policy makers, business investors, and the American public used the knowledge these and other scholars gathered to build an informal empire that fostered the growth of U.S. economic, technological, and cultural hegemony throughout the hemisphere. Tying the drive to know South America to the specialization and rise of Latin American studies, Salvatore shows how the disciplinary conquest of South America affirmed a new mode of American imperial engagement.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Knowledge Unlatched Round 2

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 103402

ISBN:

9781478091219

OCLC:

938755638

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access