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The Techo De La Ballena Studies In Alienation, Jacquelyn Ketterer

Latin American Studies ETDs

At the present time, youth throughout Latin American, spurred by discontent with their cultural and political ambience, are channeling an increasingly intense energy into literary production. One of the most active and imaginative groups is the Techo de la Ballena centered in Caracas, Venezuela

The Nicaraguan Transit Route From 1849-1853, Roberta Holland Upton

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Although the Isthmus of Panama was to become, and is today, the principal point of passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, considerable interest has been aroused periodically by the potential of a route in Nicaragua. The focal points of interest in Nicaragua have been the San Juan River and the Lake of Nicaragua which create a natural water passage for all but twelve of the 194 miles between Atlantic and Pacific. Yet, although men have dreamed of and planned for a passage through Nicaragua since the Sixteenth Century, the immediate pressures for transportation between the two oceans have been …

The Latin American Policy Of The Truman Administration, 1945-1952., Bernice Kaplan

Latin American Studies ETDs

When Franklin D. Roosevelt first assumed office as President of the United States, he inherited a new Latin American policy from his predecessor, Herbert Hoover. Hoover had made sincere overtures to the Latin Americans in order to dispel their fears and dislike for the United States. By officially repudiating the Roosevelt Corollary, encouraging a peaceful settlement of the Tacna-Arica dispute, ending the Marine occupation in Nicaragua, instigating the withdrawal of United States forces in Haiti, and theoretically abandoning “nonrecognition” as an implement of political pressure. Hoover successfully laid the ground work for the Good neighbor policy which Roosevelt vigorously pursued.

Summer Welles' Mediation In Cuba, 1933, Margaret Naegle

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This writer first became interested in the 1933 revolution in Cuba during lectures given in May, 1963 at the University of New Mexico. As part of these lectures an interesting theory was presented regarding the Communist "takeover" of Cuba. Briefly, this theory holds that behind every successful Communist revolution (Russia, China, Cuba, for examples) there has been an earlier attempt at social revolution which failed. In the case of Cuba, this would be the revolution of 1933, and especially the reformist provisional government of Dr. Ramón Grau San Martín.

The entire process of the 1933 Cuban revolution calls for an …

The Expropriation Of The Standard Oil Company Of New Jersey Holdings In Bolivia: An Examination., Tey Diana Nunn

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In the late 1930’s the Good Neighbor policy of the United States was put to a test by the governments of Bolivia and Mexico in their confiscation of foreign oil holdings for alleged violations of the law of their respective countries. Mexico was considered to be the first real test of the Good Neighbor policy, yet the little known Bolivian confiscation of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey holdings preceded it by a year. The purpose of this study is to examine in depth the situation as it occurred in Bolivia.

Ideological Aspects Of The Mexican Revolution (1910), Jacquelyn Hillman

Latin American Studies ETDs

The main purpose of this thesis is to study the ideology of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. When an intense feeling of protest directed towards the Díaz regime and everything it represented emerged, the dissension involved many views as to the best way to solve the conflict at hand.

The Career Of Jeronimo De Valderrama As Visitor General To New Spain, 1563-65., Marc Simmons

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This essay proposes to present a view of certain aspects of colonial government and society in New Spain in the year 1563-1565, as revealed in the correspondence and reports of Licenciado Jeronimo de Valderrama, who served as Visitor-General of the viceroyalty during this period, and in other contemporary documents. Secondarily, it will attempt to illustrate the techniques involved in a general visitation (visita). In the present paper the author will, therefore, strive to clarify, on the basis of currently available documentation, various aspects of the Valderrama visitation and the last years of the administration of Viceroy Luis de Velasco I, …

Jose Figueres (1906-): A Study In Latin American Politics, Kathleen K. Kulp

Latin American Studies ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to examine this modern Latin American leader, investigating the conditions which produced the man and his movement, the cause which motivated him, his ideals, methods, actions and achievements. Finally, an attempt will be made to determine the significance of his thought and his contributions-- in his own country and in international affairs--- and to place him in the recent history of Latin America.

Hispanic American Vanguard Poetry (1916-1925), C.A.W. Capsas

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The modernist literary movement in Hispanic America, occurring during a thirty-year period beginning in 1888, was the first clear demonstration of the regions capacity for original literary expression of universal significance. Yet the student, at least one in Mexico or in the United States, is repeatedly impressed by the fact that, while the Modernist opinion movement had been understood (and consequently "professed" well), there is a broad variance of opinion on Post-Modernist development.

The Hospitals Of New Spain In The Sixteenth Century, Jean Maxine Cohen

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It is the purpose of this study to present an account of hospitals and charitable institutions in New Spain during the sixteenth century. In order to gain a clear concept of this phase of the Spanish cultural program in the New World, it is first necessary to understand practices which originated in the realms of Castile as well as in other European nations, and were later transferred to the Americas. Such an initial investigation causes the modern reader to realize that the term "hospital" then involved much more than the medical treatment accorded today to those persons suffering from acute …

The Political Thought Of José María Luis Mora, 1794-1850, Morris L. Simon

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This work undertakes a study of some aspects of the thought of one man, Doctor José María Luis Mora, a Mexican liberal of the nineteenth century. Naturally, selection by the writer has narrowed considerably the scope of this study. Two factors have conditioned the choice of material from Dr. Mora's breadbasket of ideas: (1) its relevancy to the Mexico of Mora's day, and (2) its value in revealing Mora as a political thinker.

Non-Intervention As A Doctrine Of American International Public Law, Richard Edward Greenleaf

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This research was aimed at a synthesized study of the genesis and evolution of the doctrine of non-intervention as an aspect of the public international law, but the setting had to be one of history and politics. An attempt will be made to confine discussion to the pertinent stages of the evolution of the doctrine by use of the case-study method.

The Theory Of Recognition In American International Law, Paige W. Christiansen

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The problem of recognition has long troubled American jurists. Jurists have sought to detach the juridical elements of the problem from the political, and to formulate rules which might reduce to a minimum the field of arbitrary decision by individual governments.

Guadiana: An Initital Reconnaisance Of The Service-Area Community Of A Mexican Ejido, Robert Curry Barnard

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Space is a basic conditioner of man’s every global activity. In space—and in time—exist bis cultural systems. The prime concern here will be with certain spatial or territorial aspects of human organization related to an agricultural village—Ejido Guadiana—-in the Mexican north-central state of San Luis Potosi. Man has been always, and is still, inherently earth-bound. The locus of all his social groupings—from family through village, city and the national state—is territory or area. The identification and description of the locale of man’s associative life has uppermost the fact of territoriality. That identification and description seems to be an indispensable preliminary …

Arnulfo Árias: A Study In Nationalism, Charles A. Moya

Latin American Studies ETDs

This paper is an endeavor to present a just and impartial narration of the events as well as the interpretation of the facts that in some way conditioned the colorful political career of one of the most controversial and dynamic nationalists of contemporary Latin America.

Arnulfo Árias is a relatively young man, and while presently barred from holding public office, his many followers are confident that his exoneration and political rehabilitation are only a matter of time. If and when his civil rights are restored, it is quite possible that his political tactics will have shown some basic modifications. The …

The Political Influence Of Señora María Eva Duarte De Perón, Richard R. Renner

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The purpose of this thesis is to present something of the recent political influence of the wife of the president of Argentina, Señora María Eva Duarte de Perón. For this purpose political influence is defined as any activity with results that cause a reaction from others so that social and economic relationships are somewhat altered. This change may be slight; it may be a shift in attitude or a rejection of coercive pressure; it may only be an acknowledgement that such personal influence exists. Yet this knowledge in itself may result in a type of secondary political control limiting and …

The Trends In Legal Arrangements Regarding Importation Of Mexican Agricultural Workers To The United States, Eugene Caselle

Latin American Studies ETDs

The object of the following study is to trace the trends in, and the forces behind, United States immigration legislation, and international Agreements between the United States and Mexico, as regards temporary Mexican migratory agricultural labor. The specific trend with which the study will be concerned will be that of the direction in which the immigration legislation and the subsequent agreements have progressed, by changes and additions, in regard to the working and welfare conditions afforded the Mexican national who legally temporarily migrated to the United States to accept employment and thereby alleviated the farm labor shortages which have existed …

The Inter-American Labor Conflict 1945-1951, Lawrence M. Sternfield

Latin American Studies ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to attempt to follow the conflict that has developed between the dominating labor powers in recent years and to picture the effects of the struggle according to the policies, methods, programs, aspirations, and results propounded in the course of their action. Their position in the general world labor conflict will be noted.

Fernando Ortiz, Cuban Intellectual, Lorenzo B. Sanchez

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Although of all the Latin American states, the insular republic of Cuba has maintained the closest contact with the United States, there is nevertheless one aspect of that country's culture of which we have but little understanding. This aspect is the penetrating influence that the Negro has on Cuba's cultural development. Until recently even the white population of Cuba did not fully recognize the role that the Negro had played and is playing in its culture. Cultural traits that revealed definite Negro influence were frequently attributed to aboriginal sources, or their origin was politically ignored or treated with indifference. This …

Reformism And Autonomism In Cuba: 1835-1898, Frank L. Baird Jr

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As seems so often to be the case, judging from history, the middle-of-the-road group in nineteenth-century Cuba, Reformists and Autonomists, were condemned by those at either extreme. In this study an attempt will be made to determine the role of these groups during the formative period of the Cuban nation.

The Military Participation Of Mexico In World War Ii, Richard H. Ouderkirk

Latin American Studies ETDs

The purpose of this thesis is to present a history of the Mexican military during World War II; to attempt a determination on the direct and indirect results of Mexican military activities during this period in terms of Mexico’s internal and international relations; to show the military problems involved therein; and lastly, to follow and analyze the contribution made to Allied battlefront progress by the direct participation of Mexican armed forces.

Censorship Of Books In Sixteenth-Century Mexico, Elizabeth S. Steele

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The purpose of this thesis is to give some account of the censorship of books in sixteenth-century Mexico. In the preparation of this study the author carried on investigations of limited scope in the Mexican archives, but more extensive research in the manuscripts would be required for a definitive treatment of the subject. This paper, based largely on printed materials, is intended to serve merely as a preliminary survey of an important phase of the cultural history of Mexico in colonial times.

The Agrarian Reform Under Cardenas, Paul Giron

Latin American Studies ETDs

This study will attempt to interpret the Mexican Agrarian system with emphasis on the Cardenas Administration. However, to proceed with an intelligent discussion of the Agrarian Reform one must deal with the origin of the Agrarian problem, its causes, and the motives that brought about the "famous Revolution of 1910".

The Repartimiento System Of Native Labor In Colonial Spanish America, 1549-1601, Arthur R. Steele

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This essay will describe the early history of the second form of repartimiento discussed above, viz., the system of forced labor for pay introduced subsequent to 1549. Although the term repartimiento was generally employed in all parts of Spanish America to describe this program of compulsory native labor, special native terms were also used in particular areas. In Peru the Quechua designation mita was very frequently applied as synonymous with repartimiento, while in New Spain a modified Nahuatl word, cuatequil, came into use, although its acceptance appears to have been much less widespread.

The South American Career Of General William Miller, Robert F. Delaney

Latin American Studies ETDs

The purpose of this work is to present in compact form the South American career of General William Miller, who was active in the affairs of Chile, Peru, and Bolivia during the years from 1817 to 1839.

A Bibliography Of The German Element In Latin America, Theo R. Crevenna

Latin American Studies ETDs

This bibliography is an attempt to list with as much thoroughness as possible all available material pertaining to the German element in Latin America. Undoubtedly no bibliography can ever be complete, and this one is no exception to the rule. Lack of easily available references as well as certain handicaps imposed by the uncertainties of army life have limited the completeness of this compilation.