Gottfried, Robert R(ichard)

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GOTTFRIED, Robert R(ichard)

GOTTFRIED, Robert R(ichard). American (born Mexico), b. 1948. Genres: Economics. Career: Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Fulbright lecturer in economics, 1979; University of the South, Sewanee, TN, MacArthur assistant professor, 1982-85, professor of economics, 1985-, head of Social Science Foreign Language Program, 1991-94, department head, 1994-. University of Puerto Rico, Center for Energy and Environment Research, Oak Ridge associated universities faculty research participant, 1983; Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza (Costa Rica), member of Regional Watershed Management Project, 1988-89; U.S. Man and the Biosphere Directorate for Temperate Ecosystems, member, 1989-92; Universidad Nacional (Heredia, Costa Rica), researcher for Central American Commission on Forests and the Environment, 1995-96. Publications: Economics, Ecology, and the Roots of Western Faith: Perspectives From the Garden, 1995. Contributor to books. Contributor to professional journals. Address: Department of Economics, University of the South, 735 University Ave., Sewanee, TN 37375, U.S.A.

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