The Hispanic World and American Intellectual Life, 1820-1880

By Iván Jaksic

Book Overview

This book examines why several American literary and intellectual icons became pioneering scholars of the Hispanic world after Independence and the War 1812. At this crucial time for the young republic, these gifted Americans found inspiration in an unlikely place: the collapsing Spanish empire and used it to shape their own country's identity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023033749X
• ISBN13: 9780230337497
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"