Elizabeth A Cobbs

Biographic Data

ID846356
NAMEElizabeth A Cobbs
GIVEN NAMESElizabeth A
FAMILY NAMECobbs
SIGNATURECOBBS E A
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS7
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
H-INDEX2

  • Why They Think Like Gringoes: The Discourse of U.S.-Latin American Relations

    Elizabeth A Cobbs, Elizabeth CobbsARTICLEDiplomatic History1997

    As the American Century draws to a close, and the millennium approaches, it is remarkable to observe the extent to which historians and other observers of the U.S. relationship with Latin America have come to rest on perception, consciousness, and myth as key determinants in international relations. Gone along with the Cold War are rapacious profits, economic determinism, and the drive for security from Europe as prime explanations of American fo…

  • A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977-1990

    Elizabeth A Cobbs, Elizabeth Cobbs et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1997

    Journal Article A Twilight Struggle: American Power and Nicaragua, 1977–1990. By Robert Kagan New York and US-Sandinista Diplomatie Relations: Voice of Intolerance. By David Ryan New York Get access Elizabeth A. Cobbs Elizabeth A. Cobbs University of San Diego, San Diego, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 83, Issue 4, March 1997, Pages 1501–1503, https://doi.org…

  • U. S. Business in Latin America

    David S Painter, Elizabeth A Cobbs et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1994

  • Looking Inward--Looking Outward: Aspects of American Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty

    Elizabeth A Cobbs, Elizabeth Cobbs et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1994

    Journal Article Looking Inward—Looking Outward: Aspects of American Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty. Ed. by Göran Rystad. (Lund: Lund University Press, 1990. Ill pp. Paper, ISBN 91-7966-132-7.) Get access Elizabeth A. Cobbs Elizabeth A. Cobbs University of San Diego, San Diego, California Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 1, June 1994, Pages 316–317, http…

  • The Rich Neighbor Policy: Rockefeller and Kaiser in Brazil

    Abraham Lowenthal, Abraham F Lowenthal et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1993Cited by: 5

    Examines the post-World War II business and philanthropic activities of Nelson Rockefeller and Henry Kaiser in Brazil. Cobbs argues that between 1945-1960, while the US government abandoned Roosevelt's Good Neighbour Policy, Rockefeller and Kaiser stepped in with a Rich Neighbour Policy

  • The Rich Neighbor Policy: Rockefeller and Kaiser in Brazil

    Joel Wolfe, Elizabeth A Cobbs et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1993

  • Entrepreneurship as Diplomacy: Nelson Rockefeller and the Development of the Brazilian Capital Market

    Open AccessElizabeth A Cobbs, Elizabeth CobbsARTICLEThe Business History Review1989Cited by: 2References: 1

    This article analyzes the creation of the Fundo Crescinco, a mutual fund that Nelson Rockefeller started in Brazil in the 1950s as part of a larger effort to continue, using private means, the Good Neighbor policy of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Fundo Crescinco reflected both the liberal assumptions of many academicians of that era about the importance of the middle class to economic development and the concerns of business people about placating Latin…