The vanguard of the Atlantic world creating modernity, nation, and democracy in nineteenth-century Latin America
In the nineteenth century, Latin America was home to the majority of the world''s democratic republics. Many historians have dismissed these political experiments as corrupt pantomimes of governments of Western Europe and the United States. Challenging that perspective, James E. Sanders co...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham
Duke University Press
2014©2014, 2014
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| Summary: | In the nineteenth century, Latin America was home to the majority of the world''s democratic republics. Many historians have dismissed these political experiments as corrupt pantomimes of governments of Western Europe and the United States. Challenging that perspective, James E. Sanders contends that Latin America in this period was a site of genuine political innovation and popular debate reflecting Latin Americans'' visions of modernity |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 339 pages illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 9780822357643 082235764X 0822357801 9780822357803 |