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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Main Author: Sanders, James E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2014©2014, 2014
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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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
Physical Description:xi, 339 pages illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780822357643
082235764X
0822357801
9780822357803