{"product_id":"a-missionary-nation-9781496204165","title":"A Missionary Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Missionary Nation focuses on Spain's crusade to resurrect its empire, beginning with the War of Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A detailed and archivally rich perspective on the ideas that shaped mid- to late nineteenth-century Spanish attitudes toward its empire. . . . Eastman both builds on and works to insert Spanish historiography into broader critical histories of European imperialism.”—Joshua Goode, author of \u003ci\u003eImpurity of Blood: Defining Race in Spain, 1870–1930\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eA Missionary Nation\u003c\/i\u003e closes an important gap in the scholarly literature that usually focuses only on the British and French empires. It is impeccably documented and the result of years of research on both sides of the Atlantic. Not only should it appeal to those interested in Spanish history, but it should be of relevance to anyone studying the dynamics of European expansion during the nineteenth century.”—David Stenner, author of \u003ci\u003eGlobalizing Morocco: Transnational Activism and the Postcolonial State\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. “The War of Africa Has Been the Dream of My Entire Political Life”\u003cbr\u003e 2. They “Were Calling Us Their Liberators”: The Taking of Tetuán\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Visual Culture of Mid-Nineteenth-Century Spanish Imperialism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Order, Progress, and Civilization: The Annexation of the Dominican Republic\u003cbr\u003e 5. Anatomy of an Uprising: Race War and Dominican Independence\u003cbr\u003e 6. Death to Spain!: Mexican Views of Spanish Intervention\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Traveling Society of La Exploradora: Imperial Enterprises in the Río Muni\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409218609495,"sku":"9781496204165","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496204165.jpg?v=1730505993","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-missionary-nation-9781496204165","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}