Light and shadow on Latin America in a global history

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https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2019v26n41p42

Abstract

After a bibliometric update of the number of articles published on Latin America as the main topic of study in the Journal of World History and Journal of Global History, it was ratified that there is a peripheralization of the continent. The objective of this article is to question whether this is a quantitative phenomenon or if there are exceptions in this regard; that is, what are the institutional factors that underlie this phenomenon? The exposition is divided in three parts. First, the findings related to the bibliometric update are detailed; then, four examples in which the role of Latin America is relevant in influential narratives that connect with global history are presented; finally, some factors that try to explain the nature of these manifestations are shown, displaying a panorama of lights and shadows on Latin America in the interpretations of global history.

Author Biography

Carlos Riojas, Universidad de Guadalajara

Profesor Investigador Titular “C” en el Departamento de Estudios Regionales en el Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas de la Universidad de Guadalajara. México.

Doctor en Socio-economía del desarrollo por l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, París, Francia. Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores Nivel II. Especialista en historia comparada y desarrollo económico regional. Profesor Asociado del Colegio Internacional de Graduados “Entre Espacios”, Instituto de estudios latinoamericanos de la Universidad Libre de Berlín. Profesor Invitado en la Facultad de Economía de la Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, 2011-2012.

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2019-01-30

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Riojas, C. (2019). Light and shadow on Latin America in a global history. Esboços: Histories in Global Contexts, 26(41), 42–66. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2019v26n41p42

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Vol. 26 No. 41 (2019)

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Special Issue Global turn: tensions, limits and challenges

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