Julius Klein

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Julius Klein (* 1886 in San José , California , † June 15, 1961 in California) was an American historian and economist. His book The Mesta: A Study in Spanish Economic History 1273-1836 , published in 1920, was the first comprehensive work on the Castilian Mesta . Klein later moved to the United States Department of Commerce , where he held managerial positions under various Republican presidents between 1917 and 1933.

University career

Klein began his university education at the University of California , where he earned a Master of Literature in 1908 . Already during his studies he dealt with the history and economy of Latin America. In 1905 Klein wrote a historical study on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , for which he received the James Bryce Prize. The Berkeley University published this study. Julius Klein continued his studies at Harvard University , which enabled him to study in Spain for a longer period of time with two scholarships. From 1912 to 1914 he worked in various Spanish archives and libraries, as well as in London, Berlin and Paris. Klein was the first historian to deal intensively with the then almost forgotten archive of the Mesta. As a result of these investigations, two articles initially appeared in 1914 and 1915. In 1915, Klein submitted his dissertation The Mesta: A Study in Spanish Economic History, 1273-1836 at Harvard. For her he received the David A. Wells Prize 1917–1918. Julius Klein was appointed Assistant Professor of Latin American History and Economics at Harvard University in 1919. The first edition of The Mesta appeared in 1920, the book was reprinted in 1964. La Mesta was published in Spanish in 1936; In 1979, 1981 and 1985 further editions of the Spanish version followed.

Ministry of Commerce

Even before Klein finally left the university in 1923, he worked temporarily for the American Department of Commerce. Between 1917 and 1919 he was head of the Latin America department and from 1919 to 1920 commercial attaché in Buenos Aires . As a member of the Republican Party , he was Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Internal Trade from 1921 to 1929 and Assistant Secretary of Commerce from 1929 to 1933 . During his time at the Commerce Department, Klein wrote several books on international trade. A portrait of Klein was featured on the cover of Time Magazine on May 16, 1927.

After the election of the Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt as president, Julius Klein left the Department of Commerce. As a co-founder of the consulting firm Klein and Saks, Inc. , he worked as a business advisor and led several trade missions to Latin America.

bibliography

  • The Making Of The Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo, On February 2, 1848 .
  • Los privilegios de la Mesta de 1273 y 1276 . Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia, LXIV, 1914, pp. 202-219
  • The Alcalde Entregador of the Mesta . Bulletin Hispanique, XVII, 1915, pp. 85-154
  • The Mesta: A Study in Spanish Economic History 1273-1836 . Harvard University Press, 1920 (PDF file; 16.88 MB)
  • Frontiers of Trade . New York, 1929, The Century Co., with a foreword by Herbert C. Hoover

proof

  1. ↑ a b Angel García Sanz: Nota introductoria a la tercera edición en castellano . Foreword to the 3rd edition of La Mesta in Spanish, 1985, Alianza Editorial, Madrid, ISBN 84-206-2237-0
  2. ↑ a b Charles Julian Bishko: Sesenta años después: La Mesta de la luz Julius Klein a de la investigación subsiguiente . 1981, Universidad Sevilla, "Historia, instituciones, documentos". Pp. 9-57
  3. ^ Title page of Time Magazine, May 16, 1927

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SURNAME Small, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian and economist
DATE OF BIRTH 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH San Jose (California)
DATE OF DEATH June 15, 1961
Place of death California