Independence in Latin America

TitleIndependence in Latin America
Publication TypeBook Chapter
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsAdelman, Jeremy
EditorMoya, Jose C.
Book TitleThe Oxford Handbook of Latin American History
Pagination153-180
PublisherOxford University Press
CityOxford
Abstract

This article bridges the colonial and the national period in a discussion of the independence movements. This topic, part of foundational narratives in the region, once represented the core of Latin American history. The shift to structural and socioeconomic analysis after the 1960s led to a period of neglect of a topic that came to be considered too Whiggish and celebratory or, at best, not particularly consequential. But a renewed interest in political history and, more recently, the expectation of several bicentenaries in 2010, have brought a new crop of studies of the emancipation process. By following historians' changing attitudes on the theme, the article also tells us much about the intellectual climate in Latin America during the last half century.

URLhttps://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195166217.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780195166217-e-6
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