The Vanguard of the Atlantic World – Creating Modernity, Nation, and Democracy …
The Vanguard of the Atlantic WorldCreating Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in Nineteenth-Century Latin America\nAuthor(s): James E. Sanders\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822357643, 978-0822357643\nSynopsis\nIn 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. Drawing on archival sources in Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay, Sanders traces the circulation of political discourse and democratic practice among urban elites, rural peasants, European immigrants, slaves, and freed blacks to show how and why ideas of liberty, democ.
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