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Re-Imagining Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1780-1870

By Joanna Innes , Mark Philp , Eduardo Posada-Carbó

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9780197631577, 0197631576
DOI
10.1093/oso/9780197631577.001
Google Books ID
eV_DEAAAQBAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13222299 bytes)
Pages
449\446
Topic
History
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2024-01-09 23:29:18

Description

"This book explores the ways in which people in Latin America and the Caribbean joined with others in Europe and the United States to re-imagine the ancient term "democracy", so as to give it relevance and power in the modern world. In all these regions, that process largely followed the French Revolution; in Latin America it more especially followed independence movements of the 1810s and 20s. The book looks at how a variety of political actors and commentators used the term to characterize or argue about modern conditions through the ensuing half-century; by 1870, it was firmly established in mainstream political lexicons throughout the region. Following introductory scene-setting and overview chapters, specialists contribute wide-ranging accounts of aspects of the context in which the word was "re-imagined"; six final chapters explore differences in its fortune from place to place"--

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