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From Sovereign Villages to National States: City, State, and Federation in Central America, 1759-1839
Jordana Dym
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Hardcover. Connecting the political changes of the Bourbon Reforms (1759-1788) and constitutional monarchy (1808-1821) to those of the independence era (1821-1839), this book shows the nation-state formation to be a city-driven process that transformed colonial provinces into enduring states with basic governments and articulated national identities. Num Pages: 408 pages, 13 halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 33. Weight in Grams: 744.
The role of the city - as an institution, as a political ideal, as a training ground for politicians - has been neglected in historical studies of Spanish American independence. Connecting the political changes of the Bourbon Reforms (1759-1788) and constitutional monarchy (1808-1821) to those of the independence era (1821-1839), Jordana Dym's analysis of Central America's early nineteenth-century politics shows nation-state formation to be a city-driven process that transformed colonial provinces (weak administrative districts with ambiguous political identities and divided interiors) into enduring states with basic governments and articulated national identities. Dym argues that in Central America, an important aspect ... Read more
The role of the city - as an institution, as a political ideal, as a training ground for politicians - has been neglected in historical studies of Spanish American independence. Connecting the political changes of the Bourbon Reforms (1759-1788) and constitutional monarchy (1808-1821) to those of the independence era (1821-1839), Jordana Dym's analysis of Central America's early nineteenth-century politics shows nation-state formation to be a city-driven process that transformed colonial provinces (weak administrative districts with ambiguous political identities and divided interiors) into enduring states with basic governments and articulated national identities. Dym argues that in Central America, an important aspect ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826339096
SKU
V9780826339096
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About Jordana Dym
Jordana Dym is associate professor of Latin American history at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. She is also co-editor of Politics, Economy, and Society in Bourbon Central America, 1759 - 1821.
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