Henry M. Silvert

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An Indelible Event and Detour Through a Global Childhood: A Memoir (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

In An Indelible Event, Henry Silvert relates how a serious accident in childhood changed but did not define his life. The book also explores his adventurous childhood spent in a number of South American countries, experiences with political activism, and intellectual awakening and pursuit of a career in the social sciences.

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Autor

Henry M. Silvert, Ph.D., was born in Philadelphia in 1948, did his undergraduate (1967-1971) and doctoral studies (1976-1985) at New York University, and read for a Bachelor of Philosophy degree In Latin American area studies at the University of Oxford (1971-1974). He spent his childhood years in New Orleans, Guatemala City, Mexico City, Santiago, and Buenos Aires, and lived in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Norwich, Vermont while he was a teenager. As a survey associate and statistician, Dr. Silvert worked at The Conference Board, where he co-authored several reports regarding business matters, for 23 years. He has also worked on projects addressing, among other topics, childhood hunger, drug use, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic and gave presentations at conferences on Chile's return to democratic practices. Dr. Silvert has been a visiting professor at The Colegio de Mexico, where he taught comparative politics of Latin America, and an adjunct professor of sociology at various colleges and universities in New York City.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: BookBaby
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781098357009
• Artikelnr.: 61660017