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'''Allan James Kuethe''' (born February 1, 1940) is an [[United States|American]] [[historian]] specializing in  [[Latin America]]n studies. He is a distinguished Paul Whitfield Horn professor at [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], an honor named for the first president of Texas Tech. Kuethe is the first in the history department honored with a Horn professorship since [[Ernest Wallace]], an authority on the history of Texas.<ref name=symp>{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomsymposium.com/speakers/|title=Hemispheric Freedom Symposium, September 21–22, 2010|publisher=freedomsymposium.com|accessdate=November 6, 2010}}</ref> Kuethe (pronounced KEY THEE) is also a former chairperson of the Texas Tech history department.​ Now retired, Kuethe resides in Frisco in Collin County in [[suburb]]an [[Dallas]].

'''Allan James Kuethe''' (born February 1, 1940) is an [[United States|American]] [[historian]] specializing in  [[Latin America]]n studies. He is a distinguished Paul Whitfield Horn professor at [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], [[Texas]], an honor named for the first president of Texas Tech. Kuethe is the first in the history department honored with a Horn professorship since [[Ernest Wallace]], an authority on the history of Texas.<ref name=symp>{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomsymposium.com/speakers/|title=Hemispheric Freedom Symposium, September 21–22, 2010|publisher=freedomsymposium.com|accessdate=November 6, 2010}}</ref> Kuethe (pronounced KEY THEE) is also a former chairperson of the Texas Tech history department.​ Now retired, Kuethe resides in Frisco in Collin County in [[suburb]]an [[Dallas]].

 

==Background==​

==Background==

Originally from Waverly in Bremer County in northeastern [[Iowa]], Kuethe in 1962 obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Iowa]] at Iowa City.

Originally from Waverly in Bremer County in northeastern [[Iowa]], Kuethe in 1962 obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the [[University of Iowa]] at Iowa City.

He then enrolled in graduate school at the [[University of Florida]] at Gainesville, where he received his [[Master of Arts]] in 1963 and his [[Ph.D.]] in 1967. Kuethe joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1967<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/archives/99-00CONTENTS/99-00ugfaculty.html|title=Texas Tech University Teaching Faculty|publisher=depts.ttu.edu|accessdate=November 16, 2012}}</ref> and has taught both Latin America history and the history of western civilization. He has also instructed outreach and distance education courses.<ref name=texastech>{{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/uc/courses/samples/hs/hist2b_v1_smpcs.pdf|title=History 2B|publisher=depts.ttu.edu|accessdate=November 6, 2010}}</ref> Kuethe worked to establish the Texas Tech University Center in [[Seville]],  [[Spain]].<ref name=symp/>​

He then enrolled in graduate school at the [[University of Florida]] at Gainesville, where he received his [[Master of Arts]] in 1963 and his [[Ph.D.]] in 1967. Kuethe joined the Texas Tech faculty in 1967<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/officialpublications/archives/99-00CONTENTS/99-00ugfaculty.html|title=Texas Tech University Teaching Faculty|publisher=depts.ttu.edu|accessdate=November 16, 2012}}</ref> and has taught both Latin America history and the history of western civilization. He has also instructed outreach and distance education courses.<ref name=texastech>{{cite web|url=http://www.depts.ttu.edu/uc/courses/samples/hs/hist2b_v1_smpcs.pdf|title=History 2B|publisher=depts.ttu.edu|accessdate=November 6, 2010}}</ref> Kuethe worked to establish the Texas Tech University Center in [[Seville]],  [[Spain]].<ref name=symp/>​

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==Publications==​

==Publications==

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Kuethe's published in 1978 a now classic work with the University of Florida Press, entitled ''Military Reform and Society in New Granada, 1773-1808,'' republished in 2013 by the American Council of Learned Societies.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597407054|title=Military Reform and Society in New Granada, 1973-1898|publisher=American Council of Learned Societies|date= August 1, 2008, 246 pp., ISBN 1-59740-705-4|accessdate=November 2, 2010}}</ref> He argued that Bourbon Reforms opened upward mobility to people of mixed race through the military, using New Grenada's 1782 revolt as the case study. In 1986, Kuethe published ''Cuba, 1753-1815: Crown, Military, and Society.'' He took faculty leave in the 1983-1984 academic year to conduct research in Spain. He also conducted lengthy research in [[Colombia]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0870494872|title=Cuba, 1753-1815: Crown, Military, and Society|publisher=[[University of Tennessee]] Press|date=1986, 213 pp., ISBN 0-87049-487-2|accessdate=November 2, 2010}}</ref> He wrote the chapter "The Colonial Commercial Policy of Philip V and the Atlantic World" in the book ''Latin America and the Atlantic World.''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-KN7z2wYtAC&pg=PA319 |title=Renate Pieper and Horst Pietschmann, Latin America and the Atlantic World|publisher=Bohlau Verlog GmbH & Cie, [[Germany]], 2005, ISBN 3-412-26705-8|accessdate=November 6, 2010}}</ref>​

Kuethe's published in 1978 a now classic work with the University of Florida Press, entitled ''Military Reform and Society in New Granada, 1773-1808,'' republished in 2013 by the American Council of Learned Societies.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/1597407054|title=Military Reform and Society in New Granada, 1973-1898|publisher=American Council of Learned Societies|date= August 1, 2008, 246 pp., ISBN 1-59740-705-4|accessdate=November 2, 2010}}</ref> He argued that Bourbon Reforms opened upward mobility to people of mixed race through the military, using New Grenada's 1782 revolt as the case study. In 1986, Kuethe published ''Cuba, 1753-1815: Crown, Military, and Society.'' He took faculty leave in the 1983-1984 academic year to conduct research in Spain. He also conducted lengthy research in [[Colombia]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/0870494872|title=Cuba, 1753-1815: Crown, Military, and Society|publisher=[[University of Tennessee]] Press|date=1986, 213 pp., ISBN 0-87049-487-2|accessdate=November 2, 2010}}</ref> He wrote the chapter "The Colonial Commercial Policy of Philip V and the Atlantic World" in the book ''Latin America and the Atlantic World.''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-KN7z2wYtAC&pg=PA319 |title=Renate Pieper and Horst Pietschmann, Latin America and the Atlantic World|publisher=Bohlau Verlog GmbH & Cie, [[Germany]], 2005, ISBN 3-412-26705-8|accessdate=November 6, 2010}}</ref>​

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Kuethe is married to the former Lourdes Ramos, a Cuban refugee. She has helped him in the translation of his publications into Spanish. The couple has four children.<ref name=texastech/><ref>People Search and Background Check, Internet</ref>​

Kuethe is married to the former Lourdes Ramos, a Cuban refugee. She has helped him in the translation of his publications into Spanish. The couple has four children.<ref name=texastech/><ref>People Search and Background Check, Internet</ref>​

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==References==​

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