TY - BOOK AU - Bartosik-Velez,Elise ED - Project Muse. TI - The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas : : New Nations and a Transatlantic Discourse of Empire / SN - 9780826519559 PY - 2014/// CY - Nashville PB - Vanderbilt University Press KW - Colombo, Cristoforo KW - Columbus, Christopher. KW - Columbus, Christopher KW - Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer KW - Bitterfeld KW - gnd KW - Nationenbildung KW - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) KW - fast KW - Discoveries in geography KW - Spanish KW - Civilization KW - European influences KW - HISTORY KW - North America KW - bisacsh KW - Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) KW - Latijns-Amerika KW - gtt KW - Hispanoamerika KW - America KW - Amerique KW - Decouverte et exploration espagnoles KW - Civilisation KW - Influence europeenne KW - Discovery and exploration KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Columbus's Appropriation of Imperial Discourse; 2. The Incorporation of Columbus into the Story of Western Empire; 3. Columbus and the Republican Empire of the United States; 4. Colombia: Discourses of Empire in Spanish America; Conclusion: The Meaning of Empire in Nationalist Discourses of the United States and Spanish America; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Open Access N2 - "Explains the popularity of Christopher Columbus in the early Americas. Illustrates how New World representations of Columbus integrate older discourses of empire. Shows how the idea of empire was significant in the construction of the new nations of the Americas"--Provided by publisher UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/32653/ ER -