Latin America and the First World War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9911248 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Chrimes (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 474-475 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ia/iiy052 |
| OpenAlex | W2790969824 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In Latin America and the First World War, a translation of a work that first appeared in German in 2015, with the more evocative title Im Sog der Katastrophe [In the maelstrom of the catastrophe], Stefan Rinke examines the profound impact that the First World War had on all the countries of Latin America. ‘Never before’, Rinke contends, ‘had an event overseas aroused such a response among the Latin American public’ (p. 107). The war represented a departure for Latin America in several important respects. It marked the first time that independent Latin American states entered into an extra-hemispheric war and the widespread debate about the war brought the continent—somewhat more nebulously—into the ‘global public sphere’ (p. 195) as never before. The sanguinary conflict also destroyed the ‘meta-narrative about Europe's singular embodiment of civilization and culture’ (p. 262) that had prevailed since the early nineteenth century. Rinke had made use of a truly impressive range of primary sources: ten Latin American archives—including those of Costa Rica, Ecuador and Paraguay—as well as the standard German, British and US holdings; a host of newspapers and magazines from all nineteen independent Latin American countries, in which the region's intellectuals fervently debated the various issues arising from the war; and a number of contemporary cartoons which reflect some of the themes discussed. The author has also consulted—and substantially built on—the budding Latin American historiography on the subject, although this has been limited to the stance of individual countries towards the war. Thus, the bibliography alone constitutes an important resource for researchers
Art · Civilization · Economic history · German · Historiography · Latin American studies · Latin Americans · Literature · Narrative · Newspaper · Political science · Spanish Civil War · World War II · History · History and International Relations · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |