The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Castro, Américo
(äm´rk käs´tr) (KEY) , 18851972, Spanish philologist and literary critic, b. Brazil. After the Spanish Civil War, Castros studies focused on how modern Spanish history was adversely affected by the shift of Spains military and political power from Muslim to Christian forces (11th15th cent.) and by the expulsion of the Jews in 1492.