Myths of Harmony: Race and Republicanism During the Age of Revolution, Colombia, 1795-1831

by Marixa Lasso

Book Overview

This book centers on a foundational moment for Latin American racial constructs. While most contemporary scholarship has focused the explanation for racial tolerance-or its lack-in the colonial period, Marixa Lasso argues that the key to understanding the origins of modern race relations are to be found later, in the Age of Revolution. Lasso rejects the common assumption that subalterns were passive and alienated from Creole-led patriot movements,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822959658
• ISBN13: 9780822959656
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.5"