Thomas Skidmore
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Thomas Elliott Skidmore(July 22, 1932, inTroy, Ohio– June 11, 2016) was an Americanhistorianand scholar who specialized inBrazilian history.[1]
Biography
[edit]Skidmore graduated in political science and philosophy in 1954 fromDenison University.He received aFulbright Fellowshipto studyphilosophyatMagdalen College, Oxfordwhere he met his wife Felicity. He received a secondB.A.inPhilosophy, Politics and Economicsin 1956 and amaster's degreein 1959. He obtained hisPh.D.atHarvard Universityin 1960 with a thesis on the German ChancellorLeo von Caprivi.[2]
His attention shifted toSouth Americaafter theCuban Revolution.His Harvard post-doctorate focused on Brazil. In 1967 he publishedPolitics in Brazil: 1930-64, An Experiment in Democracy.[2]
He began his teaching career at Harvard as an instructor (1960-61), research fellow in Latin American studies (1961-64), and then assistant professor (1964-66).[3]In 1966, Skidmore joined the faculty of theUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison.He became afull professorin 1968. In 1986, Skidmore moved toBrown University.[2]
Selected bibliography
[edit]- Politics in Brazil 1930–1964: An Experiment in Democracy(Oxford University Press, 1967)
- Black Into White: Race and Nationality in Brazilian Thought(Oxford University Press, 1974)
- Modern Latin America,withPeter H. SmithandJames N. Green(Oxford University Press, multiple editions, 1984–2014)
- The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil: 1964–1985(1988)
- Television, Politics, and the Transition to Democracy in Latin America(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993, ed.)
- “Bi-Racial U.S.A. vs Multi-Racial Brazil: Is the Contrast Still Valid?,”Journal of Latin American Studies25, no. 2 (1993): 373-385
- Brazil: Five Centuries of Change(Oxford University Press, 1999)
References
[edit]- ^Thomas Skidmore (1932-2016): A Tribute.Latin America Centre. University of Oxford.
- ^abc"Thomas E. Skidmore Collection".RetrievedJuly 8,2009.
- ^"Skidmore, Thomas Elliott," inHistorians of Latin America in the United States, 1965: Biobibliographies of 680 Specialists.Ed. Howard F. Cline. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1966, 83.