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Kalman Silvert highlights the extraordinary career of an extraordinary man-one of the founding architects of Latin American studies in the United States, a major builder of the inter-American scholarly community, and an influential figure in US-Latin American relations. Thirteen distinguished Latin Americanists discuss Silvert's role as scholar, teacher, mentor, colleague, public intellectual, institution builder, and philanthropist. They also emphasize his contributions at the Ford Foundation, where he served as senior program adviser from 1967 until his death in 1976. Coeditors Abraham F. Lowenthal and Martin Weinstein frame the retrospective, underlining the ntegration of Silvert's multiple contributions and the continuing relevance of his legacy.

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Offers an insightful window into Kalman Silvert's emergence as a broad-gauged scholar of Latin America who looked beyond the academic frameworks of his day to emphasize context, individuality, leadership, and, above all, democracy in the fullest sense of the term. A must-read for Latin Americanists, illuminating why our association's lifetime achievement award is named for Kalman H. Silvert.

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Abraham F. Lowenthal is professor emeritus of international relations at the University of Southern California, USA. Martin Weinstein is professor emeritus of political science at William Paterson University of New Jersey, USA.

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