William H Katra

William H. (Bill) Katra, an independent scholar, resides in La Crosse, Wisconsin, but spends time in both Uruguay and Mexico. He served in the Peace Corps in Uruguay from 1966 to 1968. With degrees from University of California-Berkeley (B.A. 1970) and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ph.D. 1977), his most important writings are: José Artigas and the Federal League in Uruguay's and Argentina's War of Independence (1810- 1820) (2014; in Spanish 2024); The Argentine Generation of 1837:...See more

William H. (Bill) Katra, an independent scholar, resides in La Crosse, Wisconsin, but spends time in both Uruguay and Mexico. He served in the Peace Corps in Uruguay from 1966 to 1968. With degrees from University of California-Berkeley (B.A. 1970) and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ph.D. 1977), his most important writings are: José Artigas and the Federal League in Uruguay's and Argentina's War of Independence (1810- 1820) (2014; in Spanish 2024); The Argentine Generation of 1837: Esteban Echeverría, Juan B. Alberdi, Domingo F. Sarmiento, Bartolomé Mitre-(1996; in Spanish 2000 and 2024); and Domingo F. Sarmiento: Public Writer (Between 1839 and 1852) (1985). The Library of Congress named him contributing editor for its Handbook of Latin American Studies: Humanities (1990, 1992, 1994). See less