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Andres Bello: Scholarship and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Latin America (Cambridge Latin American Studies)
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Product Description
This is the first book-length intellectual biography of Andrés Bello to appear in English. Bello, the most important intellectual of nineteenth-century Latin America, made enduring contributions to the fields of international law, civil legislation, grammar and philology. He was also a poet of note, a literary critic and an influential statesman whose contributions to nation-building and Spanish American identity are widely recognized across the region. In this book, Jaksic provides an archival-based critical account that challenges the celebratory literature that has dominated Bello studies. He demonstrates how knowledge of Bello’s contributions illuminate not only Latin American history, but also current issues of imperial fragmentation, nationalism and language.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2969443 in Books
- Published on: 2001-06-04
- Original language: English
- Binding: Hardcover
- 278 pages
Editorial Reviews
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‘On finishing this book I appreciated the coherence of Bello’s intellectual vision in a way I had not hitherto done …’. History
'This is the first full-length intellectual life of Bello in English, and is a major contribution to scholarship on him.' Forum for Modern Language Studies
