Latinforme
by Nathalia Goetz M.A. History
recent posts
- The ‘Black Legend’ and the Development of American Historiography on Spanish Colonialism
- Book Review: Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, by Serhii Plokhy
- A Near-Perfect Colony: The American Empire and Venezuela during the Cold War
- “The U.S. Census and the Hispanic Question: A History of Being ‘Some Other Race’” – My Published Master’s Thesis
Author: Nathalia Goetz
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Perhaps in the spirit of patriotism, American historiographers of colonialism are most accustomed to discussing is Great Britian. The American Revolution no doubt influenced this feeling of superiority over European powers, with American historians echoing the major grievance of ‘taxation without representation’ as a reason for our rebellion against British colonial tyranny. British colonialism itself,…
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Among the most positively remembered presidents of the United States is John F. Kennedy, whose youthful term was abruptly cut short by an assassination. Praised for his support of the Civil Rights movement and popularly mythologized through Jackie Kennedy’s characterization of his time in office as “Camelot,” collective historical memory views him with a nostalgic…
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Many Cold War historiographers mistakenly view Betancourt as the ‘father of Venezuelan democracy,’ citing his apparent pragmatic centrism in his Accion Democratica and liberal reforms having helped Venezuela succeed amidst the Cold War tensions in Latin America. However, it is more productive to examine Venezuela under Betancourt and Pérez Jimenez as the most successful outcome…
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I am honored to have earned my degree through Southern New Hampshire University’s phenomenal History Department. In the completion of my graduate program, I researched the history of the U.S. Census and how Latinos/Hispanics have historically been racially and ethnically categorized, and the challenges that come with these Panethnic labels. I intend to take my…
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