Africans in the Americas by Michael L. Conniff

He then co-edited and co-authored, with Frank D. Three years later he published Black Labor on a White Canal: Panama, 1904-1981 (1985). He also edited and contributed to Latin American Populism in Comparative Perspective (1982). Meanwhile his dissertation was published as Urban Politics in Brazil: The Rise of Populism, 1925-1945 (1981). Between 19 he rose through the ranks to full professor. In 1975 Conniff moved with his family to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he began as Lecturer II in history (1975-1976) at the University of New Mexico and earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Latin American History at Stanford. He also worked as a consultant for social science and urban programs at the Ford Foundation office there and taught classes at the Pontifical Catholic University. Agency for International Development in Panama (1966-1967).Ĭonniff earned his BA in Latin American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1968, followed by an MA in the same field at Stanford in 1969.Ĭonniff spent 1971-75 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he conducted research for his doctorate in Brazilian history at Stanford. He continued working in community development as an advisor to the U.S. In 1962 Conniff joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as a volunteer for urban community development. He has a longstanding interest in the study of populism and Africans in Latin America. Between 2002-12 he also created and directed the Global Studies program and afterward served as professor of history at San Jose State University, California. Michael Lee Conniff (born 1942) is a historian of Latin America, who specializes on modern Brazil and Panama.

Africans in the Americas by Michael L. Conniff