Jay Kinsbruner (1939–2007) was a professor and professor emeritus of history at Queens College, City University of New York.
Kinsbruner worked initially on early national Chile, but subsequently studied Latin American independence processes with a comparative approach.
Publications Diego Portales: Interpretative Essays on the Man and Times (Martinus Nijhoff, 1967)Reviews of Diego Portales: Thomas O. Flickema, The Hispanic American Historical Review, , ; Carl Solberg, The American Historical Review, , ; Terence S. Tarr, The Americas, , Bernardo O'Higgins (Twayne Publishers, 1968)Reviews of Bernardo O'Higgins: Richard K. Murdoch, The Americas, ; ; Carl E. Solberg, The American Historical Review, , ; Terence S. Tarr, The Hispanic American Historical Review, , The Spanish-American Independence Movement (Dryden Press 1973)Review of The Spanish-American Independence Movement: Leon G. Campbell, The Hispanic American Historical Review, , Chile: A Historical Interpretation (Harper & Row, 1974)Reviews of Chile: Jacques A. Barbier, The History Teacher, , ; Arnold J. Bauer, The Hispanic American Historical Review, , ; Gertrude Matyoka, The Americas, , Independence in Spanish America: Civil Wars, Revolutions, and Underdevelopment (University of New Mexico Press, 1994)Reviews of Independence in Spanish America: Timothy E. Anna, The Historian, ; John Lynch, Journal of Latin American Studies, Petty Capitalism in Spanish America: The Pulperos of Puebla, Mexico City, Caracas, and Buenos Aires (Westview Press, 1987)Reviews of Petty Capitalism in Spanish America: Kevin Gosner, The Americas, , ; Elizabeth Kuznesof, The American Historical Review, , ; Manuel Miño Grijalva, Historia Mexicana, ; Barbara A. Tenenbaum, The Hispanic American Historical Review, , Not of Pure Blood: The Free People of Color and Racial Prejudice in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico (Duke University Press, 1996)Reviews of Not of Pure Blood: Franklin W. Knight, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, ; José M. García Leduc, The Americas, , ; Aline Helg, The American Historical Review, , ; Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, The Historian, ; Winthrop R. Wright, NWIG, The Colonial Spanish-American City: Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism (University of Texas Press, 2005)Reviews of The Colonial Spanish-American City: Irene Chico-Wyatt, The Sixteenth Century Journal, , ; Gilbert R. Cruz, The Journal of Arizona History, ; John E. Kicza, Journal of Latin American Studies, ; Kris Lane, Urban History, ; Mariselle Meléndez, Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies, ; David J. Robinson, Geographical Review, ; Charles F. Walker, The American Historical Review, , He also edited the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, with over 3,000 articles.
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