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Author Chiaramonte, Jose Carlos

Title Nation and State in Latin America : Political Language During Independence
Published Somerset : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (264 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SHIFTS IN THE CONCEPT OF NATION, 1700-1850; The Concept of Nation and the French Revolution; 18th and 19th Century Uses of Nation; Criticisms of 'Modernism' regarding the Origins of the National State; The Pitfall of Petitio Principii; The Three Major Uses of the Term Nation in History; Nation in the Principle of Nationalities; Closing Remarks; 3. THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL STATES IN LATIN AMERICA*; The Emergence of Sovereign 'Peoples'
Federation, Confederation and 'National Government'Brazil; Paraguayan Aim for Confederation; The Law of Nature and Nations in the Political Imaginary of the Period; The National State and Forms of Political Representation; 4. THE NATURAL LAW FOUNDATIONS OF THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS*; OF THE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS*; The Historicity of Nations and the Concept of Nation; Identity and Political Legitimacy; The Law of Nature and Nations during Independence; The Study of Natural Law in Bourbon Spain; The Role of Natural Law in Spanish America; Vattel; Some Conclusions
5. MAJOR FEATURES AND TRENDS IN NATURAL LAWNatural Law Trends; Trends in Natural Law and Contract Theories; The Notion of Sovereignty; 6. NOTES ON FEDERALISM; & THE FORMATION OF NATIONAL STATES; 1. Imagined Communities; 2. Pan-Americanism & Federalism in Simón Bolívar; 3. Reforma y disolución de los imperios ibéricos
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Subject Political science -- Latin America -- History
State, The.
Nation-state.
nations.
Nation-state
Political science
Politics and government
State, The
SUBJECT Latin America -- Politics and government -- 18th century
Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1806-1830. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85074913
Subject Latin America
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351503808
1351503804