Television, Politics, and the Transition to Democracy in Latin America

Thomas Elliot Skidmore (22 July 1932-) Thomas Skidmore is a noted historian and scholar specialized in Brazilian history. Although born in Troy, Ohio, USA on 22 July 1932 he grew up in Cincinnati and succeeded in become state debator while at Wyoming High School. He graduated in political science and philosophy in 1954 from Denison University. He received a Fulbright Fellowship to study philosophy at Oxford University where he met his wife Felicity. He received a second B.A. in Philoso...