This study examines the roles of Herschel Brickell, Samuel Guy Inman, Carleton Beals, and Waldo Frank in interpreting United States-Latin American relations between 1910 and 1970. As a group these alternative intellectuals stood out in their efforts to portray the realities of Latin America to North American readers. / This work deals with an important yet neglected aspect of American intellectual culture in the first half of the twentieth century. It attempts to link the goals of the members of the group of alternative intellectuals and the historical problem of asymmetry in studies of United States-Latin American relations. Through the four intellectuals the following topics are explored: Progressivism, the intersection of literature and history in Latin America and in the United States, the role of book reviewing in bringing about closer hemispheric relations, the part played by the Division of Cultural Relations in the United States Department of State, and the contributions of certain United States journalists in treating subjects neglected by scholars of United States-Latin American relations. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-08, Section: A, page: 3163. / Major Professor: Valerie J. Conner. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1993.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76998 |
| Contributors | Williams, Virginia S., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 237 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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