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History of technology in nineteenth and twentieth century Latin America
Author(s) -
Castro J. Justin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/hic3.12609
Subject(s) - historiography , latin americans , dialog box , sociocultural evolution , politics , field (mathematics) , order (exchange) , cultural history , political science , social science , history , economic history , sociology , law , computer science , economics , mathematics , finance , world wide web , pure mathematics
This essay focuses on recent trends in the history of technology in nineteenth and twentieth century Latin America. It emphasizes the English‐language historiography, especially economic, social, cultural, and political approaches. The essay argues that historians, using sociocultural and political discourses that often stress local and national innovations, inequities, and political wrangling, need to work in greater dialog with economic historians and science and technology scholars in order to create much needed synthesis works for the field.