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Social Difference in Nineteenth-Century Spanish America

An Intellectual History

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Social Difference in Nineteenth-Century Spanish America

An Intellectual History

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This book explores the transformation of political culture in northwest Spanish America during the age of the Atlantic revolutions and the subsequent period of nation building. It examines these transformations by focusing on the meaning and intellectual importance of social difference, both as a resource and as an obstacle, for diverse political and intellectual actors.

Francisco A. Ortega follows key political debates in several spheres of cultural and political negotiation, including constitutional theory, social anthropology and ethnography, political economy and education. These spheres constituted intense venues of debate and creativity, as the new republics made strenuous efforts to build the material and intellectual basis of new states. The book discusses the powerful independent projects and ambitious institutional efforts within these spheres and shows how they draw from a shared Euro-American history in order to respond to the post-colonial challenge of constructing representative republics with heterogeneous populations.

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Table of Contents

Introduction. From a Colony of Enemies to a Republic of Fellow citizens: The Prudent Government of Difference
Part I: The Polemical context
1. Tente en el Ayre: Racial Attitudes and Values in the Great Colombia Region 1770-1870
Part II: Constituting and Social Difference
2. Salta Atrás: Constituting a Diverse Republic
3. Gente Decente: Equality, Diversity and Citizenship
4. No te Entiendo: A Fourth Moral Power
Part III: The Political Languages of Man and Labor
5. Lobo: Constituting Man: The Sciences of Man and the Creation of Race
6. Morisco: Economic Reforms and Moral Cohesion
Part IV: Making Citizens Out of Plebs
7. Genizara: Educating Virtuous Citizens, Moralizing Ignorant Masses
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published Jun 24 2027
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 304
ISBN 9781474254496
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Series Europe’s Legacy in the Modern World
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Francisco A. Ortega

Francisco Ortega is Associate Professor in the his…

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