The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas : New Nations and a Transatlantic Discourse of Empire / Elise Bartosik-Velez.
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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2014Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780826519559
- Colombo, Cristoforo 1451-1506
- Columbus, Christopher
- Columbus, Christopher -- Influence
- Latijns-Amerika
- Hispanoamerika
- America
- Amerique -- Decouverte et exploration espagnoles
- Amerique -- Civilisation -- Influence europeenne
- America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
- America -- Civilization -- European influences
- Nationenbildung
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Discoveries in geography -- Spanish
- Civilization -- European influences
- HISTORY -- North America
- HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
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.
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"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
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