Format:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 278 pages)
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illustrations, map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0822971097
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9780822971092
Series Statement:
Pitt Latin American series
Content:
As Spain rebuilt its colonial regime in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish American revolutions, it turned to history to justify continued dominance. The metropolitan vision of history, however, always met with opposition in the colonies. The Conquest of History examines how historians, officials, and civic groups in Spain and its colonies forged national histories out of the ruins and relics of the imperial past. By exploring controversies over the veracity of the Black Legend, the location of Christopher Columbus's mortal remains, and the survival of indigenous cultu
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-271) and index
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Spain between decolonizations : history against the currents of historyColumbus's remains, Columbus in chains : commemoration and its discontents in late nineteenth-century Spain and Cuba -- The problem of prehistory in Puerto Rico and Cuba -- The specter of Las Casas -- Spain in the Philippines : archive and authority circa 1898 -- The return of Ponce de León.
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Electronic reproduction
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0822942925
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780822942924
Additional Edition:
Print version Conquest of history
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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