Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages) : illustrations, map |
Series |
Pitt Latin American series |
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Pitt Latin American series.
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Contents |
Spain between decolonizations : history against the currents of history -- Columbus's remains, Columbus in chains : commemoration and its discontents in late nineteenth-century Spain and Cuba -- The problem of prehistory in Puerto Rico and Cuba -- The specter of Las Casas -- Spain in the Philippines : archive and authority circa 1898 -- The return of Ponce de León |
Summary |
As Spain rebuilt its colonial regime in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish American revolutions, it turned to history to justify continued dominance. The metropolitan vision of history, however, always met with opposition in the colonies. The Conquest of History examines how historians, officials, and civic groups in Spain and its colonies forged national histories out of the ruins and relics of the imperial past. By exploring controversies over the veracity of the Black Legend, the location of Christopher Columbus's mortal remains, and the survival of indigenous cultures, Christopher Schmidt-Nowara's richly documented study shows how history became implicated in the struggles over empire. It also considers how these approaches to the past, whether intended to defend or to criticize colonial rule, called into being new postcolonial histories of empire and of nations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Nationalism -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- General.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Civilization -- Latin American influences
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Civilization -- Spanish influences
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Historiography
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Nationalism
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Kolonie
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Nationalismus
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Kolonisatie.
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Legitimiteit.
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Historische argumenten.
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Colonização -- Século 19 -- América latina.
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Historiografia -- América latina.
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15.59 history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: other.
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SUBJECT |
Latin America -- Civilization -- Spanish influences.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88006192
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Latin America -- Historiography
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Spain -- Civilization -- Latin American influences.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000682
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Subject |
Latin America
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Spain
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Spanien
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Spanje.
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Cuba.
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Puerto Rico.
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Filippijnen.
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AmÉrica Latina (CivilizaÇÃo;InfluÊncia Espanhola)
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2006024304 |
ISBN |
9780822971092 |
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0822971097 |
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