Sanders, James E., 1971-

The vanguard of the Atlantic world : creating modernity, nation, and democracy in nineteenth-century Latin America / James E. Sanders. - 1 online resource ( pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: American republican modernity -- Garibaldi, the Garibaldinos, and the Guerra Grande -- "A pueblo unfit to live among civilized nations" : conceptions of modernity after independence -- The San Patricio Battalion -- Eagles of American democracy: the flowering of American republican modernity -- Francisco Bilbao and the Atlantic imagination -- David Pena and black liberalism -- The collapse of American republican modernity -- Conclusion: a "gift that the New World has sent us".

9780822376132 (e-book)


Democracy--History--19th century.


Latin America--Politics and government--19th century.
Latin America--History--19th century.


Electronic books.

F1413 / .S26 2014

980.03