Charles D Ameringer

Biographic Data

ID690446
NAMECharles D Ameringer
GIVEN NAMESCharles D
FAMILY NAMEAmeringer
SIGNATUREAMERINGER C D
AFFILIATIONSPennsylvania State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS54
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT54
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1962
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX2

  • The Socialist Impulse

    Charles D AmeringerBOOKThe socialist impulse2009

    "The Socialist Impulse" published on by University Press of Florida.

  • The socialist impulse: Latin America in the twentieth century

    Charles D AmeringerBOOKThe socialist impulse2009

    During the last century, Latin American countries have had a tendency to adopt a socialist-style government. This region has viewed socialism as a way to overcome poverty, oppression, ignorance, racism, underdevelopment, and foreign domination. Charles Ameringer discusses the vision and reality of the century-long effort in Latin America to embrace socialism as a way to gain economic development and justice." "Ameringer's sweeping analysis covers…

  • Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Governors of the English-Speaking Caribbean and Puerto Rico: Conversations and Correspondence

    Charles D Ameringer, Robert J AlexanderARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1998Cited by: 2

    Preface Introduction Jamaica British Virgin Islands Anguilla St. Kitts-Nevis Montserrat Antigua and Barbuda St. Lucia St. Vincent and The Grenadines Barbados Trinidad and Tobago Guyana Puerto Rico Further Reading Index

  • The Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and the United States during the Rise of José Figueres

    Charles D Ameringer, Kyle LongleyARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1998

    Using Costa Rica as a example, Longley carefully examines the development of the successful relationship between a nonindustrialized country and the United States, revealing the complex forces at work in resistance and accommodation. During World War II and the immediate postwar era, both the United States and Costa Rica experienced dramatic changes. The United States assumed world leadership and the accompanying responsibilities; Costa Rica enco…

  • The Caribbean Legion: Patriots, Politicians, Soldiers of Fortune, 1946-1950

    Piero Gleijeses, Charles D AmeringerARTICLEJournal of American History1997Cited by: 1

    Journal Article The Caribbean Legion: Patriots, Politicians, Soldiers of Fortune, 1946–1950. By Charles D. Ameringer. (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1996. xii, 180 pp. Cloth, $35.00, ISBN 0-271-01451-2. Paper, $15.95, ISBN 0-271-01452-0.) Get access Piero Gleijeses Piero Gleijeses Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Schola…

  • Elections and Democracy in Central America, Revisited

    Charles D Ameringer, M A Seligson et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1996

  • The Caribbean Legion: Patriots, Politicians, Soldiers of Fortune, 1946-1950

    Neill Macaulay, Charles D AmeringerARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1996

  • Elections and Democracy in Central America, Revisited

    Charles D AmeringerARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1996

    The thirteen original essays in this collection evaluate the role of elections in the development of democracy in the nations of Central America: Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Panama. Exploring the region's transformation over the last fifteen years from dictatorial to electoral rule, this volume of new essays is a major expansion and reworking of Elections and Democracy in Central America , published by the UNC Pre…

  • The Caribbean Legion: Patriots, Politicians, Soldiers of Fortune, 1946-1950

    Lester D Langley, Charles D AmeringerARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1996

  • The Trouble in Suriname, 1975-1993

    Charles D Ameringer, Edward Dew et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1996

    I HAHR I MAY of economic adjustment were marked but not disastrous, for they produced winners as well as losers.Given how poor Jamaica is, these findings surprised this reader a bit.Why were the consequences of adjustment not much worse?I suspect that two factors cushioned the blow.The balance-of-payments figures imply that Jamaicans living abroad sent a lot of money home.And Jamaicans borrowed substantially, at least until 1983.In 1987-88, Jamai…

  • U. S. Foreign Intelligence: The Secret Side of American History

    Arnold H Price, Charles D AmeringerARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1992

  • Radical Thought in Central America

    Charles D Ameringer, Sheldon B Li et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1992

  • Costa Rica Before Coffee: Society and Economy on the Eve of the Export Boom

    Charles D Ameringer, Lowell GudmundsonARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1987

  • Democracies and Tyrannies of the Caribbean

    Charles D Ameringer, William KrehmARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1986

  • The Auténtico Party and the Political Opposition in Cuba, 1952-57

    Charles D AmeringerARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1985

    THE historian faces a challenge inl writing about Cuba in the 1950S, a decade climaxed by the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista and the assuimption of power by Fidel Castro on January i, 1959. The dominant personality of Castro, and the controversy and emotion engendered by his rule, make it difficult to achieve a balanced interpretation of the period. Althougll an effort to study the events of tlhe 1950S without focusing upon Castro, as thlis artic…

  • Caribbean Biography: Nineteenth-Century Personalities

    Open AccessCharles D AmeringerARTICLELatin American Research Review1985

    Biography is a useful device for historians, but it requires skill, sensitivity, and a thick skin. Although constructing a biography enables one to depict an age and integrate numerous events and themes, it can distort history if one gives too much weight to personal achievement and overlooks institutions and social forces. In attempting to attain the proper balance, one has to contend with the keepers of the flamepersons, organizations, and nati…

  • Colossus Challenged: The Struggle for Caribbean Influence

    Charles D Ameringer, H Michael Erisman et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1983

  • Colossus Challenged: The Struggle for Caribbean Influence

    Charles D AmeringerARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1983

  • Democracy in Costa Rica

    Richard V Salisbury, Charles D AmeringerARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1983

  • Philippe Bunau-Varilla: The Man behind the Panama Canal

    Charles D Ameringer, Gustave Anguizola et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1981

  • Don Pepe: A Political Biography of José Figueres of Costa Rica

    Ralph Lee Woodward, Charles D AmeringerARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1980

  • Don Pepe: A Political Biography of José Figueres of Costa Rica

    Robert D Crassweller, Charles D AmeringerARTICLEForeign Affairs1979Cited by: 3

  • Leonardo Ruiz Pineda: Leader of the Venezuelan Resistance, 1949-1952

    Open AccessCharles D AmeringerARTICLEJournal of Interamerican Studies…1979Cited by: 1References: 1

    Tachirense heart, noble and strong.Rómulo GallegosA National Hero has died. In the most hideous political crime in the annals of our country, agents of the government treacherously cut down the precious life of our comrade, Dr. Leonardo Ruiz Pineda, one of the most generous and able leaders of the civil resistance commanded by our party.Acción DemocráticaCaracas, October 21, 1952It is difficult to write about a martyr. One has to contend with the…

  • Una explosión en América: El Canal de Panamá

    Charles D Ameringer, Enrique Jaramillo LeviARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1978

  • The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914

    Charles D Ameringer, David Mccullough et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1978

    The Path Between the Seas tells the story of the men and women who fought against all odds to fulfill the 400-year-old dream of constructing an aquatic passageway between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is a story of astonishing engineering feats, tremendous medical accomplishments, political power plays, heroic successes, and tragic failures. Applying his remarkable gift for writing lucid, lively exposition, McCullough weaves the many strand…