The return of the native
Subtitle: Indians and myth-making in Spanish America, 1810-1930
By: Rebecca Earle
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780822340638; 9780822340843
Subjects: Indians -- Politics and government; Indians -- Government relations; Indians -- Ethnic identity; Ethnicity -- Latin America; Indian mythology -- Latin America; Nationalism -- Latin America; Latin America -- Politics and government; Latin America -- Ethnic relations; Spain -- Colonies -- America
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-352) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction: On "Indians"; title: Montezuma's revenge; title: Representing the nation; title: "Padres de la patria" : nations and ancestors; title: Patriotic history and the pre-Columbian past; title: Archaeology, museums, and heritage; title: Citizenship and civilization : the "Indian problem"; title: Indigenismo : the return of the native?