Felipe Arocena is Professor of Sociology at the Universidad de la Rep?blica, Uruguay. He has published or edited 10 books, including 2 in the United States: William Henry Hudson: Life, Literature, and Science (2003) and Entrevistas Cubanas: Historias de una Naci?n Dividida (2004). He has been Visiting Professor at several universities in Europe, Latin America, and North America, including Dartmouth College, Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Catholic University of America.