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The Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.

  • Charts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century through various permutations to the present day.
  • Asks what is at stake in the survival of an idea which subdivides the Americas.
  • Reinstates the indigenous peoples and migrations excluded by the image of a homogenous Latin America with defined borders.
  • Insists on the pressing need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.

The Idea of Latin America

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 09/11/2005
    ISBN13: 9781405100854, 978-1405100854
    ISBN10: 1405100850

    Number of Pages: 224

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

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    The Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.

    • Charts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century through various permutations to the present day.
    • Asks what is at stake in the survival of an idea which subdivides the Americas.
    • Reinstates the indigenous peoples and migrations excluded by the image of a homogenous Latin America with defined borders.
    • Insists on the pressing need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe.

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