On Scholarly Dialogue
The Case of U.S. and Soviet Latin Americanists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7906090 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Russell H Bartley (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1970 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-62 |
| Publication date | 1970-01-01 |
| 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/s0023879100040243 |
| OpenAlex | W4312478202 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Publication in 1960 of I. R. Lavretskii's “A Survey of the Hispanic American Historical Review, 1956-1958,” provided U.S. specialists in Latin American history with an abrasive introduction to recent Soviet historical scholarship in the Latin American area. Subsequent reviews by American and European scholars, together with further translations of pertinent Soviet writings, have helped to provide those lacking a knowledge of the Russian language with additional insight into the nature and scope of Latin American studies in the USSR. At the same time, however, the frequently opposing views of history held by Soviet historians and their western critics have greatly complicated the task of scholarly evaluation. On the one hand, Soviet historical scholarship has often been dismissed as “a branch of politics;” on the other, U.S. historians are said to “falsify and distort the historical truth in order to benefit imperialism.” In content and presentation, the Lavretskii article evinces both extremes
Economic history · Historiography · Latin American studies · Latin Americans · Order (exchange) · Political science · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics) · Scholarship · Scope (computer science) · Brazilian History and Foreign Policy · Classics · Cuban History and Society · History · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2018 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |