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As the moment of the birth of the patria, Independence enjoys a privileged role in the historical imaginary of many Latin American nations. In Argentina as in other countries, the period has been fundamental to state discourses of nation-building and identity, lending its figures and central narratives a powerful symbolic function. It has also attracted significant literary attention, and this book offers an innovative reading of texts that provide irreverent, metafictional, or self-reflexive retellings of this foundational moment. This type of fiction is usually read through well-established frameworks on the contemporary Latin American historical novel that emphasise its destabilising of knowledge and single truths. Instead, this work foregrounds the much more immediate, concrete political points at stake when we read these texts through both their direct engagement with contemporary circumstances and the politics of the history they evoke. It therefore argues for a new approach to reading contemporary Latin American historical fiction that showcases its response to politically urgent questions.
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An eye-opening, meticulously researched new perspective on the influences that shaped the Founders as well as the nation's founding document From one election cycle to the next, a defining question continues to divide the country's political parties: Should the government play a major or a minor role in the lives of American citizens? The Declaration of Independence has long been invoked as a philosophical treatise in favor of limited government. Yet the bulk of the document is a discussion of policy, in which the Founders outlined the failures of the British imperial government. Above all, they declared, the British state since 1760 had done too little to promote the prosperity of its American subjects. Looking beyond the Declaration's frequently cited opening paragraphs, Steve Pincus reveals how the document is actually a blueprint for a government with extensive powers to promote and protect the people's welfare. By examining the Declaration in the context of British imperial debates, Pincus offers a nuanced portrait of the Founders' intentions with profound political implications for today.
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A survey of the activities of the British navy in the Caribbean from the voyages of sixteenth century English adventurers such as John Hawkins and Francis Drake through the great wars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries against the Dutch, Spanish and French and Britain's declining role thereafter.
Great Britain. --- צי הבריטי --- England and Wales. --- History. --- Great Britain --- Caribbean Area --- Caribbean Free Trade Association countries --- Caribbean Region --- Caribbean Sea Region --- West Indies Region --- History, Naval. --- History, Naval --- HISTORY / Military / Naval. --- American Independence. --- British dominance. --- British navy. --- Caribbean. --- Dutch. --- French. --- Maritime conflicts. --- Naval activities. --- Slave trade. --- Spanish.
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Building the American Republic combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States. Throughout their respective volumes, Harry L. Watson and Jane Dailey take care to integrate varied scholarly perspectives and work to engage a diverse readership by addressing what we all share: membership in a democratic republic, with joint claims on its self-governing tradition. It will be one of the first peer-reviewed American history textbooks to be offered completely free in digital form. Visit buildingtheamericanrepublic.org for more information. Volume 1 starts at sea and ends on the battlefield. Beginning with the earliest Americans and the arrival of strangers on the eastern shore, it then moves through colonial society to the fight for independence and the construction of a federalist republic. From there, it explains the renegotiations and refinements that took place as a new nation found its footing, and it traces the actions that eventually rippled into the Civil War. This volume goes beyond famous names and battles to incorporate politics, economics, science, arts, and culture. And it shows that issues that resonate today—immigration, race, labor, gender roles, and the power of technology—have been part of the American fabric since the very beginning.
HISTORY / General. --- United States --- History. --- peer reviewed, american history, narrative history, free, open access, readable, textbook, introduction, first americans, native americans, english colonies, empires, colonial society, race, the enlightenment, slavery, american independence, continental congress, federal republic, articles of confederation, federalists, republicans, market revolution, free states, abolition, womens rights, reform movements, southern economy, society in the south, settlement of the west, wars for the west, manifest destiny, a house divided, secession, Abraham Lincoln, civil war, emancipation, reconstruction, Ku Klux Klan, fast moving, inclusive, fundamental themes, demographic, stimulating, engaging.
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This is a study of the relations between Britain and Chile during the Spanish American independence era (1806-1831). These relations were characterised by a dynamic, unpredictable, and changing nature, imperialism being only one and not the exclusive way to define them. The book explores how Britons and Chileans perceived each other from the perspective of cultural history, considering the consequences of these 'cultural encounters' for the subsequent nation-state building process in Chile. From 1806 to 1831 both British and Chilean 'state' and 'non-state' actors interacted across several different 'contact zones', and thereby configured this relationship in multiple ways. Although the extensive presence of 'non-state' actors (missionaries, seamen, educators and merchants) was a manifestation of the 'expansion' of British interests to Chile, they were not necessarily an expression of any British imperial policy. There were multiple attitudes, perceptions, representations and discourses by Chileans on the role played by Britain in the world, which changed depending on the circumstances. Likewise, for Britons, Chile was represented in multiple ways, the image of Chile acting as a pathway to other markets and destinations being the most remarkable. All these had repercussions in the early nation-building process in Chile.
Chile --- Great Britain --- An t-Sile --- An tSile --- Chih-li --- Chili --- Chili Mastor --- Chili Respublikasʹ --- Ch'ille --- Çhillee --- Chilmudin Orn --- Chilska --- Chilská republika --- Chiri --- Chyli --- Ciile --- Cîl --- Cile --- Çili Respublikası --- Ĉilia Respubliko --- Ĉilio --- Dēmokratia tēs Chilēs --- Gweriniaeth Tsile --- iChile --- ITshile --- Kili --- Lepupalika ʻo Chile --- Lýðveldið Kili --- Lýðveldið Síle --- Ndenndaandi Ciile --- Pobblaght ny Shillee --- Poblachd na Sile --- Repubblica del Cile --- Republic of Chile --- República de Chile --- República de Xile --- Republik Chile --- Republik Chili --- Republika Chilska --- Republika Čile --- Republiḳah shel Tsilah --- Republikken Chile --- République du Chili --- Repúbrica de Chili --- Rėspublika Chyli --- Shillee --- Síle --- Sily --- t-Sile --- Tilì --- Tšiili --- Tšiili Vabariik --- Tsilah --- Tsile --- Ts'ileh --- Txile --- Txileko Errepublika --- Xile --- Yn Çhillee --- Χιλή --- Δημοκρατία της Χιλής --- Рэспубліка Чылі --- Чылі --- Чилмудин Орн --- Чили --- Чили Республикась --- Чили Мастор --- צ'ילה --- רפובליקה של צ'ילה --- チリ --- Relations --- History --- history of Chile --- national identity --- British Informal imperialism --- Spanish American independence --- nation-building --- cultural encounters --- revolution --- British Informal Empire --- Britain --- independence --- British --- Britanniques --- Histoire --- 1800-1899
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This is a celebration and critical exploration of the complicated musical, cultural and political roles played by the song America over the last 250 years. Its story offers insights into democracy in the US.
Patriotic poetry, American --- National songs --- Anthems, National --- National anthems --- Songs, National --- National music --- Patriotic music --- Songs --- Folk songs --- American patriotic poetry --- American poetry --- History and criticism. --- Democracy --- Democracy in literature. --- Smith, Samuel Francis, --- God save the King. --- United States --- Songs and music --- America (Song) --- Celebration of American independence --- God save our Lord the King --- God save the Queen --- Heil dir im Siegerkranz --- My country, 'tis of thee --- National anthem (Great Britain) --- ABŞ --- ABSh --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- America (Republic) --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- Amerika (Republic) --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi︠a︡vks Shtattnė --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Amirika Carékat --- AQSh --- Ar. ha-B. --- Arhab --- Artsot ha-Berit --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Bí-kok --- Ē.P.A. --- EE.UU. --- Egyesült Államok --- ĒPA --- Estados Unidos --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- Estados Unidos de América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- Forente stater --- FS --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Istadus Unidus --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Mei guo --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mî-koet --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miguk --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- S.U.A. --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- SASht --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Si︠e︡vero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki --- Spojené obce severoamerické --- Spojené staty americké --- SShA --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Stany Zjednoczone --- Stati Uniti --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Stâts Unîts --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- SUA (Stati Uniti d'America) --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- U.S. --- U.S.A. --- United States of America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- US --- USA --- Usono --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- Verenigde Staten --- VS --- VSA --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvallat --- Yunaeted Stet --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- Zʹi︠e︡dnani Derz︠h︡avy Ameryky --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Zluchanyi︠a︡ Shtaty Ameryki --- Zlucheni Derz︠h︡avy --- ZSA --- Η.Π.Α. --- Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής --- Америка (Republic) --- Американь Вейтьсэндявкс Штаттнэ --- Америкӑри Пӗрлешӳллӗ Штатсем --- САЩ --- Съединените щати --- Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі --- ولايات المتحدة --- ولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة --- ولايات المتحدة الامريكية --- 미국 --- Democracy in literature --- Patriotic poetry [American ] --- History and criticism --- National songs [American ] --- Music --- God Save the King --- Smith, Samuel Francis --- États-Unis --- É.-U. --- ÉU --- Songs and music.
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