Warren Dean

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Warren Dean (* 1932 in Passaic , USA ; † March 21, 1994 in Santiago de Chile , Chile ) was an American historian and professor of Latin American history . The focus of his research was on the history of Brazil and Latin American environmental history . His work With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Forest (1995) on the Mata Atlântica , in which for the first time a historian placed the rainforest and its destruction at the center of the history of Brazil, was of particular importance . Dean was posthumously awarded the Bolton – Johnson Prize for his work.

Dean taught at the University of Texas at Austin (1965–70) and from 1970 until his death at New York University . Due to a broken gas pipe, he tragically suffocated on a research trip to Santiago de Chile. In his honor, the 1995 Latin American History Conference set up the Warren Dean Prize. The prize has been awarded annually since then.

Works (selection)

  • The industrialization of São Paulo, 1880-1945 (1969), Austin & London, University of Texas Press. ISBN 0292700040 .
  • Brazil and the Struggle for Rubber: A Study in Environmental History (1987), Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521334772 .
  • With Broadax and Firebrand: The Destruction of the Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Forest (1995), Berkley et al. a., University of California Press. ISBN 0520087755 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Warren Dean, 61, Professor on History Of Latin America. In: New York Times . May 22, 1994, accessed September 2, 2019 .
  2. ^ Bolton-Johnson Prize. In: The Conference on Latin American History. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
  3. ^ The Warren Dean Memorial Prize. In: The Conference on Latin American History. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Dean, Warren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian and professor of Latin American history
DATE OF BIRTH 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Passaic , USA
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1994
Place of death Santiago de Chile , Chile