Jay Kinsbruner

Jay Kinsbruner (1939–2007) was a professor and professor emeritus of history at Queens College, City University of New York.

Kinsbruner worked initially on early national Chile, but subsequently studied Latin American independence processes with a comparative approach. His books include: He also edited the second edition of the Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, with over 3,000 articles.
 * Diego Portales: Interpretative Essays on the Man and Times (Martinus Nijhoff, 1967)
 * Bernardo O'Higgins (Twayne Publishers, 1968)
 * The Spanish-American Independence Movement (Dryden Press 1973)
 * Chile: A Historical Interpretation (Harper & Row, 1974)
 * Independence in Spanish America: Civil Wars, Revolutions, and Underdevelopment (University of New Mexico Press, 1994)
 * Petty Capitalism in Spanish America: The Pulperos of Puebla, Mexico City, Caracas, and Buenos Aires (Westview Press, 1987)
 * Not of Pure Blood: The Free People of Color and Racial Prejudice in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico (Duke University Press, 1996)
 * The Colonial Spanish-American City: Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism (University of Texas Press, 2005)