Nationalism and the Public Sphere: Tracing the Development of Nineteenth-Century Latin American Identities

Through the combined usage of primary source documents and secondary source research, this thesis seeks to discern how the individual national identities of Argentina and Mexico came to fruition. This thesis will demonstrate that the early national period of each region was directly influenced by th...

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Main Author: Ponce, Lisa
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2013
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/993
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2114&context=theses
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Summary:Through the combined usage of primary source documents and secondary source research, this thesis seeks to discern how the individual national identities of Argentina and Mexico came to fruition. This thesis will demonstrate that the early national period of each region was directly influenced by the colonial context out of which Argentina and Mexico arose. Additionally, this thesis is focused on the ways that a national identity is developed within the public sphere, and how the public sphere might be defined beyond printed newspaper accounts.