Democracy in Latin America, 1760-1900: Volume 1, Civic Selfhood and Public Life in Mexico and Peru Volume 1

by Carlos A. Forment

Book Overview

Carlos Forment's aim in this highly ambitious work is to write the book that Tocqueville would have written had he traveled to Latin America instead of the United States. Drawing on an astonishing level of research, Forment pored over countless newspapers, partisan pamphlets, tabloids, journals, private letters, and travelogues to show in this study how citizens of Latin America established strong democratic traditions in their countries through the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022610141X
• ISBN13: 9780226101415
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"