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Discussion on Postmodernism in Latin American History*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2010

H.Ph. Vogel  and
A.I. van Wakeren
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Extract

The wonders of the computer age continue to amaze us. Much of what is purportedly new commands only scant interest, as we zap through inter-space. Sometimes, however, something worthwhile catches the eye and we read attentively. Not too long ago, we downloaded the following thread from the H-LATAM discussion list. The discussion that is reprinted below deals with the perennial question plaguing historians: how to find the right combination of facts and theory. We hope that our readers will enlighten themselves with this lively debate.

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Internet Debate
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Itinerario , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , July 1995 , pp. 125 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © Research Institute for History, Leiden University 1995

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Notes

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2 Man, Paul de (born 1919 in Antwerp, died in New Haven (USA) 1983):Google Scholar professor of humanistic studies at Johns Hopkins University until 1970, when he joined the faculty of Yale University. At the time of his death he was Yale's Sterling Professor of Humanities and chairman of the dept. of comparative literature.

3 Quote from Yagoda, Ben, ‘After years of theory, educators return to the fact of the matter’, News and Observer (11 11 1994) 17A,Google Scholar 20A.

4 ‘The Promise and Dilemma of Subaltern Studies: Perspectives from Latin American History’, American Historical Review 99/5 (12 1994) 1514.Google Scholar See also Beverley, John, Oviedo, Jose, and Arrona, Michael eds., The Postmodernism Debate in Latin America (Durham 1995)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

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