LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES PARTICIPATING FACULTY

 

Thomas Wright Professor, Department of History

 

Thomas Wright received his Ph.D. in History from the University of California Berkeley.  He teaches Latin American studies, including the history of Mexico, the Mexican Revolution, and the history of the Andean region.  His publications include Flight from Chile: Voices of Exile, co-authored with Rody Onata (U of New Mexico Press, 1998); Latin America in the Era of the Cuban Revolution (Praeger, 1991 & 2000); Food, Politics, and Society in Latin America, co-edited with John C. Super (U of Nebraska Press, 1985); and Landowners and Reform in Chile: The Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura, 1919-1940 (U of Illinois Press, 1982).  Dr. Wright's newest book State Terrorism in Latin America: Chile, Argentina, and International Human Rights (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007) was published in April 2007.

Contact Address: Department of History University of Nevada Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 455020 Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-5020 Tel. (702) 895-3316 Fax. (702) 895-1782 Campus Office: Central Desert Complex 2-225 Email: tom.wright@unlv.edu

 

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