Divergent Modernities
Subtitle: Culture and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Latin America (Post-Contemporary Interventions)
Contributors: John D. Blanco (Translator)
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780822319818
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Cultural studies; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Spanish American literature; Latin America - Central America; History; Central America - History; Culture; Politics - Current Events; Politics / Current Events; Latin America; History: American; History & Theory - General; Government - Comparative; Latin America - General; American Studies; Latin American Studies; 19th century; Politics and literature; Sociology - General; History and criticism
First sentence: It has been said that during the Latin American wars of independence the Creole elites succeeded in voicing a general consensus-a we that quickly coalesced and gathered momentum around a common enemy (Spain).