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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]]. | ||
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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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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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Allan James Kuethe (born February 1, 1940) is an American historian specializing in Latin American 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.[1] 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 suburban Dallas.
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. 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[2] and has taught both Latin America history and the history of western civilization. He has also instructed outreach and distance education courses.[3] Kuethe worked to establish the Texas Tech University Center in Seville, Spain.[1]
Publications
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.[4] 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.[5] He wrote the chapter "The Colonial Commercial Policy of Philip V and the Atlantic World" in the book Latin America and the Atlantic World.[6] ==Family== 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.[3][7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hemispheric Freedom Symposium, September 21–22, 2010. freedomsymposium.com. Retrieved on November 6, 2010.
- ↑ Texas Tech University Teaching Faculty. depts.ttu.edu. Retrieved on November 16, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 History 2B. depts.ttu.edu. Retrieved on November 6, 2010.
- ↑ (August 1, 2008, 246 pp., ISBN 1-59740-705-4) Military Reform and Society in New Granada, 1973-1898. American Council of Learned Societies. Retrieved on November 2, 2010.
- ↑ (1986, 213 pp., ISBN 0-87049-487-2) Cuba, 1753-1815: Crown, Military, and Society. University of Tennessee Press. Retrieved on November 2, 2010.
- ↑ Renate Pieper and Horst Pietschmann, Latin America and the Atlantic World. Bohlau Verlog GmbH & Cie, Germany, 2005, ISBN 3-412-26705-8. Retrieved on November 6, 2010.
- ↑ People Search and Background Check, Internet