Sophie Brockmann
Email: s.brockmann@ucl.ac.ukPronouns: she/her
Position: Lecturer in Latin American History
Institutional Affiliation: University College London
Department: Institute of the Americas
Regions of Interest: Central America, Caribbean
Time Periods: Late colonial/Independence Era, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Subareas: Agriculture, Engineering, Environment, Indigenous
Keywords:
Agriculture
Commodities
Conservationism
Environment
Engineering
Environmental Protection
Extractivist Economy
Intellectual Exchanges
Nation State
Native People
Tourism
Nature and Culture
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Spanish
German
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I am historian of modern Central America, specialising on histories of environment, landscapes and science between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries. I am currently working on her second book project, tentatively entitled “Making National Heritage in Transnational Environments, 1890-1940”, funded by a Leverhulme Fellowship. This project examines how Maya archaeological sites were transformed into tourist sites and ‘national heritage’ in twentieth century Guatemala, and the influence of surrounding agricultural landscapes and agribusiness on this process.
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The Science of Useful Nature in Central America: Landscapes, Networks and Practical Enlightenment, 1784–1838. Cambridge University Press, 2020
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