Marshall Eakin is Professor of History at Vanderbilt University.
An insightful and engaging inquiry into the creation and evolution of Latin America history as a field of study in the United States that tells us as much about the region as about those aiming to understand it. Jose Moya, Barnard College, Columbia University An excellent guide to the origin, expansion, and diversification of historical writing on Latin America, appropriately emphasizing developments since the mid-20th century, and duly recognizing the influence of anthropology and other social sciences on historical analysis of the region. Thomas Holloway, University of California, Davis