A Backward Glance at Portuguese and Brazilian Studies in the United States

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14830296
AutoresHarvey L Johnson (autor de correspondencia)
Año1959
Volumen1
Número4
Páginas477-488
Fecha de publicación1959-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Inter-American Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0885-3118 • E-ISSN: 2326-4047
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/165121
OpenAlexW2517590080
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas22

Portuguese, a relative newcomer to most college and university curricula, may possibly have been taught in the United States as early as the close of the seventeenth century in a school belonging to the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York City. It seems likely that the early records kept in Portuguese over several decades were written by those who received their training in the language in New York City. Instruction in Portuguese in college was first offered by a Frenchman, Father Peter Babad of the Society of St. Sulpice. Just when the priest began teaching Portuguese at St. Mary's College in Baltimore, Maryland, is not precisely known, but in 1816 he had a class in it under the auspices of the Department of Classical Languages

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