Crafting a Republic for the World
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Crafting a Republic for the World by Lina Del Castillo
In the wake of independence, Spanish American leaders perceived the colonial past as looming over their present. Crafting a Republic for the World examines how the vibrant post-colonial public sphere in Colombia invented narratives of the Spanish colonial legacy.
“This is the rare scholarly work that will make valuable contributions to not just one but three historical fields: the political history of republicanism, the cultural history of nineteenth-century mentalités, and the global history of science”—James E. Sanders, professor of history at Utah State University
“Lina del Castillo’s work deepens our understanding of nineteenth-century Latin America as part of the vanguard of democracy.”—Rebecca Earle, professor of history at the University of Warwick
“Deeply researched and innovative, Crafting a Republic for the World shows how nineteenth-century Colombians invented the notion of colonial legacies and how this notion was essential to the creation of a new science of republicanism. An inspiring account of how ideas about the past shape politics and policy!”—Marixa Lasso, associate professor of history at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia
“According to Del Castillo’s sharp and provocative analysis, Colombia’s oft-cited `colonial legacy’ was actually a nineteenth-century construct, one that has far outlived its early republican creators as an explanatory framework for all that is wrong with modern Latin America. Crafting a Republic for the World will spark scholarly debate by forcing us to rethink this legacy.”—Nancy Appelbaum, professor of history at Binghamton University, SUNY
“Lina del Castillo’s work deepens our understanding of nineteenth-century Latin America as part of the vanguard of democracy.”—Rebecca Earle, professor of history at the University of Warwick
“Deeply researched and innovative, Crafting a Republic for the World shows how nineteenth-century Colombians invented the notion of colonial legacies and how this notion was essential to the creation of a new science of republicanism. An inspiring account of how ideas about the past shape politics and policy!”—Marixa Lasso, associate professor of history at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia
“According to Del Castillo’s sharp and provocative analysis, Colombia’s oft-cited `colonial legacy’ was actually a nineteenth-century construct, one that has far outlived its early republican creators as an explanatory framework for all that is wrong with modern Latin America. Crafting a Republic for the World will spark scholarly debate by forcing us to rethink this legacy.”—Nancy Appelbaum, professor of history at Binghamton University, SUNY
Lina del Castillo is an assistant professor of history and Latin American studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780803290747 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803290748 |
| Title | Crafting a Republic for the World |
| Author | Lina Del Castillo |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 2018-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 402 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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