|
Showing 1 - 1 of
1 matches in All Departments
This pioneering translation of Alfonso Múnera’s seminal work El
fracaso de la nación presents a new interpretation and innovative
perspective on canonical Colombian history and the failure of the
Colombian nation to English-speaking readers. Mainstream
historiography depicts Colombian independence as the achievement of
European-descendent elites only, downplaying the role and
importance of regional subaltern classes. Múnera’s
well-researched account challenges theoretical, political, and
cultural interventions and shows that these subaltern groups were
pivotal to achieving independence from Spain. It was their
organizing and pressing for freedom from colonial domination that
ultimately brought about independence in Cartagena and later to the
whole country. Yet Múnera demonstrates that these differing
regional elites meant that a single, coherent unity across New
Granada was not possible, a point that would ultimately doom
subsequent nation-building efforts. Offering a truly decolonizing
perspective, one that has remained hidden from official accounts of
Colombian independence, scholars and researchers in political
science, history, sociology, and anthropology will welcome the
opportunity to read this work for the first time in translation.
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.