Publishers Weekly<\/em> called the book \u201celegantly written\u201d and \u201can impressively comprehensive and entertaining historical account of [the Pan-American Highway].\u201d<\/p>\nStretching from Alaska to Argentina, the Pan-American Highway was an attempt to create interhemispheric unity, but was left unfinished due to changing American national outlooks during the Cold War. Despite this, Rutkow notes the current importance of the highway to several Latin American countries and their economies. He also argues that the earlier ideas of interhemispheric unity continue to offer a positive alternative to much of the rhetoric surrounding international interaction within the Americas today.<\/p>\n
Rutkow joined 麻豆原创 last fall and teaches courses such as History of American Law and U.S. Diplomatic History. \u201cI\u2019m excited to be able to teach across a broad range of issues and bring a globalized perspective to American and narrative history,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The New York Times<\/em> called Rutkow \u201ca superb fact-finder\u201d for the thorough research he did for The Longest Line on the Map,<\/em> including uncovering documents that haven\u2019t seen the light of day in decades.<\/p>\nOn April 4, Rutkow will discuss how he did his research during the History Department Research Colloquium at 4 p.m. in Room 358B of Trevor Colbourn Hall. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After his first book made it to Oprah.com\u2019s Book Club Selection list, 麻豆原创 History professor Eric Rutkow\u2019s most recent book, \u201cThe Longest Line on the Map: The United States, the Pan-American Highway, and the Quest to Link the Americas,\u201d has been praised by book reviewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":95479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[17023,2175],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-95453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","tag-college-of-arts-and-humanities","tag-history"],"yoast_head":"\n
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