TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmidt-Nowara,Christopher
TI  - The Conquest of History: Spanish Colonialism and National Histories in the Nineteenth Century
T2  - Pitt Latin American Series
SN  - 9780822971092
AV  - F1408 
U1  - 980.03/1 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - PIttsburgh
PB  - University of Pittsburgh Press
KW  - Nationalism-Latin America-History-19th century
KW  - Latin America-Civilization-Spanish influences
KW  - Latin America-Historiography
KW  - Spain-Civilization-Latin American influences
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Before 1898 -- Chapter One: Spain between Decolonizations: History against the Currents of History -- Chapter Two: Columbus's Remains, Columbus in Chains: Commemoration and Its Discontents in Late Nineteenth-Century Spain and Cuba -- Chapter Three: The Problem of Prehistory in Puerto Rico and Cuba -- Chapter Four: The Specter of Las Casas -- Chapter Five: Spain in the Philippines: Archive and Authority circa 1898 -- Conclusion: The Return of Ponce de León -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - By exploring controversies such as the veracity of the Black Legend, the location of Christopher Columbus's mortal remains, and the survival of indigenous cultures, this study shows how recorded history became implicated in the struggles over empire
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ER  -