James Lang
COURSES TAUGHT
Introductory Sociology
Contemporary Latin America
Human Ecology and Society
Comparative Asian Development
Development for a Small Planet
Contemporary American Society
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social Construction
Comparative Colonial Systems
Food, Crops, and Agriculture
Small-Scale Development
METHODOLOGIES
Hands-on field work
Comparative/historical sociology
CURRENT PROJECTS
Sociology Unplugged
Crops That Changed the World
PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS
Conquest and Commerce: Spain and England in the Americas (Academic Press, 1975)
Portuguese Brazil: The King's Plantation (Academic Press, 1979)
Inside Development in Latin America: A Report from the Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Brazil (UNC Press, 1988)
Feeding a Hungry Planet: Rice, Research, and Development in Asia and Latin America (UNC Press, 1996)
Notes of a Potato Watcher (Texas A&M, 2001)
http://www.tamu.edu/upress/BOOKS/2001/lang.htm
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
Copies of field notes for the development, rice, and potato projects are on deposit at the Heard Library, Special
Collections. Materials include about 1000 pages. Designated the James Lang papers, a description can be found
on the Collection's webpage. Contact: Kathy Smith, Associate University Archivist.
http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/langj.shtml
PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES
"New Developments," International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 30 (January-April 1993): 5-19.
"Tomato Seed Production in Asia: A View From Taiwan," Seed World (September 1993): 7-8. (With Jack Reeves)
"Think Globally Act Locally: The Key to Success in India's rue Potato Seed Program," in International Potato Center Annual Report 1996 (CIP: Lima, 1997): 24-26.
"Potatoes for Egypt An IPM Success," in International Potato Center Annual Report 1996 (CIP: Lima, 1997): 16-17.
"Integrated Control of Bacterial Wilt Paying Off in East Africa," in International Potato Center Annual Report 1997 (CIP: Lima, 1998): 14-15.
"Food Security in East Africa: A Battle on Many Fronts," in International Potato Center Annual Report 1998 (CIP: Lima, 1999): 10-12.
"Diversifying Diets in China," in International Potato Center Annual Report 1998 (CIP: Lima, 1999): 15-20.
PUBLICATIONS: RECENT REVIEWS
Review of Darcy Ribeiro, The Brazilian People in Latin American Literature and Arts Review (Fall, 2002): 88-90.
Review of Warren Belasco and Phillip Scranton, Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies in Technology and Culture (April 2003): 419-421.
Review of E. Melanie DuPuis, Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk Became America's Drink in Contemporary Sociology (May 2003): 341-343.
Review of Mark Harvey, Steve Quilley, and Huw Beynon, Exploring the Tomato: Transformations of Nature, Society, and Economy in Technology and Society (January 2004): 222-224.
Review of Robert Harvey, Liberators: Latin America's Struggle for Independence in Hispanic American Historical Review (November 2004).
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Danforth/Kent Graduate Fellowship
American Council of Learned Societies
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Fellow, Kellogg National Fellowship Program
Rockefeller Foundation Field Research Grant
Grant In Aid, International Potato Center
HONORS AND AWARDS
Chancellor's Cup
Faculty In Residence
EXPERIENCE AT VANDERBILT
Past Director, Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies
Past Director, McTyeire International House
Academic Advisor, POSSE, NYC