Republics of knowledge : nations of the future Latin America /
"Republics of Knowledge tells the story of how the circulation of knowledge shaped the formation of nation-states in Latin America, and particularly in Argentina, Peru and Chile, during the century after Iberian rule was defeated in the 1820s. Most immediately, the author has sought to provide...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press
[2020]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvz0h8vr |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1. Public Libraries, Modern Nations
- 2. Repertoires of Knowledge
- 3. Writing in the Dark: A Market for Knowledge
- 4. Knowledge Brokers: How Drawing Teachers Made Nations Possible
- 5. Touchstones of Knowledge
- 6. Languages: Universal, National and Regional
- 7. Land and Territory: Making Natural Nations
- 8. Not the 'Dismal Science' but the 'Lifeless' One: Critiques of Classical Political Economy in Latin America
- 9. Infrastructure: Engineering Sovereignty
- 10. Education for Citizenship: Beyond Morality and Patriotism
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- A NOTE ON THE TYPE