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Nation and State in Latin America - Political Language During Independence (Paperback, New)
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Nation and State in Latin America - Political Language During Independence (Paperback, New)
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No one in Latin American historiography has paid more attention to
questions related to the emergence of nations than Jose Carlos
Chiaramonte. Reflecting on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century uses
of the concept of nation in Europe and the Americas, Chiaramonte
argues that historical questions related to the term "nation"
derive from its changing meaning in different contexts. The
historian would be better advised to focus on the development of
forms of state organization, and the emergence of national states,
rather than the "nation" as a cultural community prior to
independence. "Nation and State in Latin America "begins by
examining the effects on historians of the ideological and
methodological prejudice spread by contemporary nationalism on the
historical studies of Latin America. Chiaramonte analyzes uses of
concepts such as "nation" and "state" in both Europe and the
Americas. Chiaramonte considers the prominence of sovereign
"pueblos" (cities and townships) and their role during
independence. He argues the non-existence of nationalities in the
period and proves that feelings of collective identity at that time
amounted mainly to local affections. He concludes with an analysis
of major trends in federalism and the law of nature and nations,
crucial to understanding the political concepts of the age of birth
of modern Latin American nations. This book covers the whole of
Latin America, making use of comparative viewpoints. The different
national intonations of the concept of sovereignty and the nuances
of the federal and confederate forms of the state are examined in
detail.
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