Imagining 'America' in Late Nineteenth Century Spain

By Kate Ferris

Book Overview

1. Introduction: Imagining 'America', imagining 'Spain'. - 2. A model republic? The United States, the constitutional question and political practice in Spain. - 3. Abolition, emancipation and war: the United States in Spanish political culture and the abolition of slavery in Cuba. - 4. 'Liberty' or 'license'? Images of women in the United States and the 'woman question' in Spain. - 5. Patents and profit: The image of the USA as the world's pioneer in technology, engineering, communications and urban planning. - 6. Race, religion, progress and decline: imagining difference between the United States and Spain

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349674958
• ISBN13: 9781349674954
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"