Kalman Silvert : engaging Latin America, building democracy /

Kalman Silvert highlights the extraordinary career of an extraordinary man-one of the founding architects of Latin American studies in the United States, a major builder of the inter-American scholarly community, and an influential figure in US-Latin American relations. Thirteen distinguished Latin...

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Other Authors: Lowenthal, Abraham F. (Editor), Weinstein, Martin (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2016.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Silvert's wide-ranging contributions and legacy / Abraham F. Lowenthal and Martin Weinstein
  • Silvert's committed scholarship / Christopher Mitchell
  • Silvert's approach and methods / Daniel Levine
  • Silvert and democratic theory / Joel Jutkowitz
  • Mentoring a generation / Martin Weinstein
  • Nurturing a transnational scholarly community / Jorge Balán
  • Striving to improve US-Latin American relations / Abraham F. Lowenthal
  • Bringing vision, mission and values to philanthropy / Peter S. Cleaves and Richard W. Dye
  • Combining ideas and action / Julio Cotler
  • Silvert and the "American dream" / Louis W. Goodman
  • Silvert as a public intellectual / Morris Blachman and Kenneth Sharpe.