Nineteenth-Century Nation Building and the Latin American Intellectual Tradition
This volume provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin  American thinkers of the nineteenth century who were engaged in  articulating and examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America  faced in the one hundred years after securing independence.The selections represent all major regions of Latin America. Although these  regions differ significantly with regard to indigenous background,  geography, climate, and available resources, their people confronted the  common problems that surround the intractable challenges of statecraft and  nation building: issues of race, international relations, economics,  education, and self-understanding.Burke and Humphrey provide fresh, accessible translations of key works, a  majority of which appear for the first time in English; a General  Introduction that sets the works in historical and intellectual context;  detailed headnotes for each selection; a Guide to Themes; and bibliographic  references.Lucas Alamán (Mexico)Juan Bautista Alberdi (Argentina)Alcides Arguedas (Bolivia)Andrés Bello (Venezuela/Chile)Francisco Bilbao (Chile)Simón Bolívar (Venezuela/Colombia)Francisco Alonso de Bulnes (Mexico)Euclides da Cunha (Brazil)Esteban Echeverría (Argentina)Eugenio María de Hostos (Puerto Rico)José Victorino Lastarria (Chile)José Martí (Cuba)José María Luis Mora (Mexico)Juan Montalvo (Ecuador)Soledad Acosta de Samper (Colombia)Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Argentina)Justo Sierra (Mexico)Clorinda Matto de Turner (Peru)