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The return of the native : Indians and myth-making in Spanish America, 1810-1930 / Rebecca Earle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Earle, Rebecca.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indigenous peoples--Politics and government.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indigenous peoples--Government relations.
- Indigenous peoples--Ethnic identity.
- Ethnicity--Latin America.
- Ethnicity.
- Indian mythology--Latin America.
- Indian mythology.
- Nationalism--Latin America.
- Nationalism.
- Latin America--Politics and government.
- Latin America.
- Latin America--Ethnic relations.
- Spain--Colonies--America.
- Spain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (378 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Return of the Native offers a look at the role of preconquest peoples such as the Aztecs and the Incas in the imagination of Spanish American elites in the first century after independence.
- Contents:
- Introduction: On "Indians"
- Montezuma's revenge
- Representing the nation
- "Padres de la patria" : nations and ancestors
- Patriotic history and the pre-Columbian past
- Archaeology, museums, and heritage
- Citizenship and civilization : the "Indian problem"
- Indigenismo : the return of the native?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-352) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613022622
- 9781283022620
- 1283022621
- 9780822388784
- 0822388782
- OCLC:
- 191855695
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