Carl Sauer's vision of an institute for Latin American studies. (academician and geographer)

From: The Geographical Review | Date: July 1, 1996| Author: Parsons, James J. | Copyright information

Strong connections of empathy and intellect have long flourished between academics in the western United States and in Latin America. In 1937 Carl O. Sauer, long a professor of geography at the University of California, Berkeley, and a potent figure because of his connections to major eastern foundations, proposed the formation of an institute for Latin American Studies. To be quartered in Berkeley, the institute would have offered a bridgehead for vast cooperation with professors, independen...

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