Encountering Chile: influence of Chilean exiles on United States popular opinions in the 1970s and 1980s

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dc.contributor.advisorSchmidt, Henry C.
dc.creatorWillard, Rachel
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-22T20:39:33Z
dc.date.available2013-02-22T20:39:33Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.descriptionDigitized from print original stored in HDR. Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to [email protected], referencing the URI of the item.en
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references: leaves 92-109.en
dc.descriptionProgram year: 1997/1998en
dc.description.abstractThis project seeks to define the effects that exiled Chilean intellectuals had on popular perceptions of Latin America within the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. The diaspora of "creators" following the 1973 coup in Chile had at least two effects on contemporary opinions. First, displaced Chileans came into contact with new audiences, for whom they became authorities on the recent history of their country and region. Second, the causes of their emigration produced a desire to expand their audiences in the United States. These exiles were instrumental in perpetuating the memory of the Allende years and the coup that toppled him, as well as offering interpretations of those events, including criticisms of both Latin American social structures and North American corporate and military action. This study proposes the concept of "historical agency" as a means by which to understand the significance of these exiled Chilean creators, and it implicates them as creators of popular history.en
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digitalen
dc.format.extent114 pagesen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1998-Fellows-Thesis-W3492
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.rightsThis thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use.en
dc.subjectpolitical exilesen
dc.subjectChilean immigrantsen
dc.subjectLatin Americaen
dc.subjectsocial structuresen
dc.subjectcorporate interestsen
dc.subjectmilitary actionen
dc.subjectpopular historyen
dc.titleEncountering Chile: influence of Chilean exiles on United States popular opinions in the 1970s and 1980sen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.materialtexten
thesis.degree.departmentHistoryen
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity Undergraduate Research Fellowen
thesis.degree.levelUndergraduateen
thesis.degree.nameFellows Thesisen

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