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Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas : New Nations and a Transatlantic Discourse of Empire / Elise Bartosik-Velez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartosik-Velez, Elise, 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Columbus, Christopher--Influence.
- Columbus, Christopher.
- History.
- America--Civilization--European influences.
- America.
- America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 201 pages)
- Other Title:
- Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Explains the popularity of Christopher Columbus in the early Americas. Illustrates how New World representations of Columbus integrate older discourses of empire. Shows how the idea of empire was significant in the construction of the new nations of the Americas"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments; Introduction
- 1. Columbus's Appropriation of Imperial Discourse
- 2. The Incorporation of Columbus into the Story of Western Empire
- 3. Columbus and the Republican Empire of the United States
- 4. Colombia: Discourses of Empire in Spanish America
- Conclusion: The Meaning of Empire in Nationalist Discourses of the United States and Spanish America
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-193) and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed March 23, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9781306891462
- 1306891469
- 9780826519559
- 0826519555
- 9780826503480
- 0826503489
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