- William A Booth
I am an early career researcher working on the left in the Americas - mostly, though not exclusively, on communists in Mexico. I am a founder and convenor of the Radical Americas Network and I am co-editor of the Radical Americas Journal (forthcoming with UCL Press).
My doctoral thesis focussed upon the Marxist left in 1940s Mexico, arguing that the left subordinated its Marxist ideology to the dominant oficialista strain of nationalism. I also argue that the Cold War came to Latin America much earlier, much more strongly, and more from within than is usually acknowledged.
My teaching areas include nineteenth and twentieth century Latin America, gender in Latin American history, U.S.-Latin American relations and modern Mexican history.
Current writing projects are:
i) Marxism and Nationalism in early Cold War Mexico
ii) Langston Hughes in Mexico
iii) How the Mexican left viewed fascism
My doctoral thesis focussed upon the Marxist left in 1940s Mexico, arguing that the left subordinated its Marxist ideology to the dominant oficialista strain of nationalism. I also argue that the Cold War came to Latin America much earlier, much more strongly, and more from within than is usually acknowledged.
My teaching areas include nineteenth and twentieth century Latin America, gender in Latin American history, U.S.-Latin American relations and modern Mexican history.
Current writing projects are:
i) Marxism and Nationalism in early Cold War Mexico
ii) Langston Hughes in Mexico
iii) How the Mexican left viewed fascism
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