Robin Kirk

Biographic Data

ID3637673
NAMERobin Kirk
GIVEN NAMESRobin
FAMILY NAMEKirk
SIGNATUREKIRK R
AFFILIATIONSDuke University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS22
TOTAL CITATIONS23
AUTHOR COUNT20
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1977
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX3

  • Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: US Policymaking in Colombia by Winifred Tate

    Robin KirkARTICLEAnthropological Quarterly2016

    Reviewed by: Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: US Policymaking in Colombia by Winifred Tate Robin Kirk Winifred Tate, Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: US Policymaking in Colombia. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2015. 304pp. Working on human rights in Colombia in the 1990s was an exercise in dread and frustration. The dread anticipated each morning’s headlines. There seemed to be no “floor” to the violence, as fighters on all sides seemed committed t…

  • No Right to be Silent on Torture

    Open AccessRobin KirkARTICLEThe Muslim World2013

  • Sri Lanka Reader: History, Culture, Politics

    John Clifford Holt, Orin Starn et al.BOOKSri Lanka Reader2011

  • Russia Reader: History, Culture, Politics

    Adele Marie Barker, Bruce Grant et al.BOOKRussia Reader2010

  • Alaska Native Reader: History, Culture, Politics

    Maria Sháa Tláa Williams, Orin Starn et al.BOOKAlaska Native Reader2009

  • The Indonesia Reader: History, Culture, Politics

    Open AccessOrin Starn, Robin Kirk et al.BOOKIndonesia Reader2009

    Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago, encompassing nearly eighteen thousand islands. The fourth-most populous nation in the world, it has a larger Muslim population than any other. The Indonesia Reader is a unique introduction to this extraordinary country. Assembled for the traveler, student, and expert alike, the Reader includes more than 150 selections: journalists’ articles, explorers’ chronicles, photographs, poetry, stories, cartoon…

  • The Ecuador Reader: History, Culture, Politics

    Orin Starn, Robin Kirk et al.BOOKEcuador Reader2008

    Encompassing Amazonian rainforests, Andean peaks, coastal lowlands, and the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador’s geography is notably diverse. So too are its history, culture, and politics, all of which are examined from many perspectives in The Ecuador Reader. Spanning the years before the arrival of the Spanish in the early 1500s to the present, this rich anthology addresses colonialism, independence, the nation’s integration into the world economy, an…

  • Chaqwa

    Robin KirkCHAPTERPeru Reader2005

  • The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics

    Orin Starn, Robin Kirk et al.BOOKPeru Reader2005

  • The Lessons of Mapiripán: A Response to Lesley Gill

    Open AccessRobin KirkARTICLETransforming Anthropology2005Cited by: 1

  • In Defense of the Indians: History, Culture, Politics

    Carlos Iván Degregori, Bartolome De Las Casas et al.BOOKPeru Reader2005Cited by: 13References: 1

  • The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics

    Aviva Chomsky, Pamela María Smorkaloff et al.BOOKThe Cuba Reader2003

    Cuba is often perceived in starkly black and white terms—either as the site of one of Latin America’s most successful revolutions or as the bastion of the world’s last communist regime. The Cuba Reader multiplies perspectives on the nation many times over, presenting more than one hundred selections about Cuba’s history, culture, and politics. Beginning with the first written account of the island, penned by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the sele…

  • More Terrible than Death: Massacres, Drugs, and America's War in Colombia

    Kenneth Maxwell, Robin KirkARTICLEForeign Affairs2003Cited by: 5

  • Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics

    Gabriela Nouzeilles, Graciela Montaldo et al.BOOKArgentina Reader2002

  • Newsbriefs

    Robin Kirk, Ann Birch et al.ARTICLENACLA Report on the Americas1999

  • A meeting with Paramilitary Leader Carlos Castafio

    Robin KirkARTICLENACLA Report on the Americas1998

  • One in Every 40 Colombians, a Refugee

    Robin KirkARTICLENACLA Report on the Americas1998

    (1998). One in Every 40 Colombians, a Refugee. NACLA Report on the Americas: Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 32-33

  • Portrait of an Organizer Yanira Merino

    Robin KirkARTICLENACLA Report on the Americas1996

    “The workers were people like me, mostly Latinas who were just making ends meet. At first, it was O.K. There were benefits and overtime pay. But after awhile, I heard the managers calling us stupid, lazy, retarded. They fired people for no cause or for somethingthey made up. So we started talking about a union.” Additional informationNotes on contributorsRobin KirkRobin Kirk is a North Carolina-based writer who writes frequently on immigration an…

  • The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics

    Kenneth Maxwell, Orin Starn et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1995Cited by: 4

  • Grabado en piedra: Las mujeres de Sendero Luminoso

    Robin KirkBOOKGrabado en piedra1993

  • The Devastation of the Indies: History, Culture, Politics

    Open AccessBartolome De Las Casas, Alfredo Prieto et al.BOOKCuba Reader1992

  • The biology of aboriginal man in Australia

    Open AccessR L Kirk, Robin Kirk et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution1977