About the Author

Helen Delpar is Professor Emerita of History at The University of Alabama and author of Red Against Blue: The Liberal Party in Colombian Politics, 1863-1899 and The Enormous Vogue of Things Mexican: Cultural Relations between the United States and Mexico, 1920-1935.

Reviews

This is a very interesting and thorough survey that beautifully conveys the evolution of scholarship and teaching about Latin America in the United States. - Marshall C. Eakin, author of Brazil: The Once and Future Country