The Individual in History
Five Latin American Biographies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2746375 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alberto Ciria (0000-0002-9492-2350, Simon Fraser University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 247-267 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Research Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8791 • E-ISSN: 1542-4278 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0023879100021804 |
| OpenAlex | W4313141870 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Recent Latin American scholarship has shown methodological sophistication in the use of multiple-level and structural analyses, experiments in quantitative history, and engage scholarship.' In the field of biography, however, many traditional approaches are still being practiced, as will be shown in this review. Leaving aside the dangers of psychological reductionism (even psychohistory) or class absolutism, a majority of the books under consideration here-those by Robert Alexander, John Dulles, Kenneth Grieb, and Charles Ameringer-engage in a documentary and occasionally overanecdotal rendering of their subjects' life histories, renderings that sometimes have a revisionist intent. Part of this overabundance of extraneous data reflects these biographers' full access to their subjects' private papers, perhaps linked to a failure to scrutinize these resources with a sufficiently critical mind
Latin Americans · Political science · Cuban History and Society · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |