Nineteenth-Century Nation Building and the Latin American Intellectual Tradition

his will be a splendid and useful book for teachers of courses focusing on the nineteenth century who have been frustrated at the lack of accessible sources in English. . . . the selection of texts is as near to impeccable as possible in trying to capture Latin American thinking between Bolívar in 1819 and Arguedas in 1909. . . . this is a worthy collection of primary sources, and it will certainly be of use in bringing neglected texts and authors to the audience of students who have no Spanish."
     —Matthew Brown, University of Bristol

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A Reader

Edited, with Translations, by Janet Burke & Ted Humphrey

2007 - 384 pp.

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This volume provides readings from the works of eighteen Latin American thinkers of the nineteenth century who were engaged in articulating and examining the problems that Spanish and Portuguese America faced in the one hundred years after securing independence.

The selections represent all major regions of Latin America. Although these regions differ significantly with regard to indigenous background, geography, climate, and available resources, their people confronted the common problems that surround the intractable challenges of statecraft and nation building: issues of race, international relations, economics, education, and self-understanding.

Burke and Humphrey provide fresh, accessible translations of key works, a majority of which appear for the first time in English; a General Introduction that sets the works in historical and intellectual context; detailed headnotes for each selection; a Guide to Themes; and bibliographic references.

 

Reviews:

"A very good selection of primary sources, essential for undergraduates to understand nineteenth-century Latin America."
     —Erick D. Langer, Department of History/School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

 

"This will be a splendid and useful book for teachers of courses focusing on the nineteenth century who have been frustrated at the lack of accessible sources in English. . . . the selection of texts is as near to impeccable as possible in trying to capture Latin American thinking between Bolívar in 1819 and Arguedas in 1909. . . . this is a worthy collection of primary sources, and it will certainly be of use in bringing neglected texts and authors to the audience of students who have no Spanish."
     —Matthew Brown, University of Bristol

 

Contents:

Editor-Translators' Note
Acknowledgments
General Introduction

1. Simón Bolívar (Venezuela/Colombia):
     "Address to the Angostura Congress, February 15, 1819, the Day of Its Installation"
     "Address to the Constituent Congress of Bolivia" (1826) (selection)

2. José María Luis Mora (Mexico):
     "On the Expulsion of the Natives and Citizens of This Republic Born in Spain" (1827)
     "On Ecclesiastical Wealth" (1831) (selections)

3. Andrés Bello (Venezuela/Chile):
     "Speech Delivered at the Installation of the University of Chile, September 17, 1843"
     "Response to Lastarria on the Influence of the Conquest" (1844)

4. José Victorino Lastarria (Chile):
     Investigations Regarding the Social Influence of the Conquest and the Spanish Colonial System
        in Chile
(1844) (selections)
     America (1865) (selections)

5. Francisco Bilbao (Chile):
     "Chilean Sociability" (1844) (selections)

6. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (Argentina):
     Facundo, or Civilization and Barbarism (1845) (selections)

7. Esteban Echeverría (Argentina):
     The Socialist Doctrine of the Association of May (1846) (selections)

8. Lucas Alamán (Mexico):
     The History of Mexico (1849–1852) (selection)

9. Juan Bautista Alberdi (Argentina):
     Foundations and Points of Departure for the Political Organization of the Republic of Argentina
        (1853) (selections)

10. Eugenio María de Hostos (Puerto Rico):
     "The Scientific Education of Women" (1873) (selection)
     "The Purpose of the Normal School" (1884)

11. Juan Montalvo (Ecuador):
     Seven Treatises: Third Treatise: "Reply to a Pseudo-Catholic Sophist" (1882) (selection)

12. José Martí (Cuba):
     "Our America" (1891)

13. Soledad Acosta de Samper (Colombia):
     "The Mission of the Woman Writer in Spanish America" (1895)

14. Justo Sierra (Mexico):
     "The Present Era," from The Political Evolution of the Mexican People (1900–1902) (selections)

15. Euclides da Cunha (Brazil):
      Rebellion in the Backlands (1902) (selections)

16. Clorinda Matto de Turner (Peru):
     "The Woman Worker and the Woman" (1904)

17. Francisco Alonso de Bulnes (Mexico):
     The Future of the Latin American Nations (1906) (selections)

18. Alcides Arguedas (Bolivia):
     The Sick People (1909) (selections)

Guide to Themes

 

About the Authors:

Ted Humphrey is Barrett Professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics at Arizona State University.

Janet Burke is Associate Dean in Barrett College and Lincoln Scholar in the Lincoln Center for Ethics at Arizona State University.