The Conquest of History
Spanish Colonialism and National Histories in the Nineteenth Century
Schmidt-Nowara, Christopher
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
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 cultures, Christopher Schmidt-Nowara’s richly documented study shows how history became implicated in the struggles over empire. It also considers how these approaches to the past, whether intended to defend or to criticize colonial rule, called into being new postcolonial histories of empire and of nations.
BOOK REVIEWS
“Schmidt-Nowara engagingly examines different ways Spanish intellectuals approached their country's colonial experience and the often antithetical arguments made by intellectuals in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. Well written and documented, this study is valuable for historians of ideas and the writing of history, as well as historians of Spain and Spanish America. Highly recommended.”
--Choice
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0822959909
ISBN(13-digit): 9780822959908
Dewey Decimal: 946
Book Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 278
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