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The Conquest of History : Spanish Colonialism and National Histories in the Nineteenth Century.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pitt Latin American SeriesPublisher: PIttsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (297 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822971092
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Conquest of HistoryDDC classification:
  • 980.03/1
LOC classification:
  • F1408
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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