Aims McGuinness

Associate Professor

Office: Holton 329
Phone: (414) 229-4227
e-mail: smia@uwm.edu
Curriculum Vitae: pdf

Degree(s):

Ph.D., University of Michigan. (2001)
A.B., Princeton University (1990)

Research Interests:

Latin America, global history, U.S. empire, sovereignty, socialism

Teaching Areas:

Latin America, global history, U.S. empire, socialism, exploration, historical methodology

Courses Offered:

Hist 132: World History, 1500-Present
Hist 293: Seminar on Historical Methods (History of Exploration)
Hist 372: Revolutions in Global History/Socialism in Global History
Hist 600: Seminar in History (History of Exploration)
Hist 939: Approaches to Global History
Hist 940: Biography and Global History
Global 101: People and Politics
Global 321: The City in Global History

Selected Publications

McGuinness, Aims. Path of Empire: Latin American Transformations and the California Gold Rush, 1848-1856. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008.

Scott, Rebecca J., Thomas C. Holt, Frederick Cooper, and Aims McGuinness, eds. Societies after Slavery: A Select Annotated Bibliography of Printed Sources on the British West Indies, South Africa, British Colonial Africa, Cuba, and Brazil. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. Paperback edition, 2003.

McGuinness, Aims. “The Revolution Begins Here: Milwaukee and the History of Socialism.” In Perspectives on Milwaukee’s Past, edited by Margo Anderson and Victor Greene. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009.

McGuinness, Aims. “Sovereignty on the Isthmus: Federalism, U.S. Empire, and the Struggle for panama during the California Gold Rush.” In The State of Sovereignty: Territories, Laws, Populations, edited by Douglas Howland and Luise White. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, 2009.

McGuinness, Aims. “Aquellos tiempos de California: el Ferrocarril de Panamá y la transformación de la zona de tránsito durante la Fiebre del Oro.” [“Those Bygone Days of California: The Panama Railroad and the Gold Rush.”] In Historia General de Panamá, edited by Alfredo Castillero Calvo, 141-159. Panamá: República de Panamá, 2004.

McGuinness, Aims. “Defendiendo el Istmo: las luchas contra los filibusteros en la Ciudad de Panamá en 1856.” Mesoamérica 24, no. 45 (enero-diciembre de 2003): 66-84.