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Book Reviews / National Period Colombia y Panamá: La metamorfosis de la nación en el siglo XX. Edited by heraclio bonilla and gustavo montañez. Bogotá: Universdidad Nacional de Colombia, 2004. Illustrations. Tables. Figures. Notes. Bibliographies. 463 pp. Paper. At the turn of the twentieth century, with the collapse of the Spanish Empire, the U.S. launched a newly aggressive geopolitical and economic agenda to establish hegemony in Latin America. In 1898, Washington declared war on Spain and its Caribbean possessions, transforming Cuba into a protectorate and Puerto Rico into a colony. A few years later, Panama emerged as the place that most intensively felt the aggressive U.S. presence. Historians and social scientists alike have arguably not paid enough attention to the very important role that Panama played in the consolidation of U.S. imperialism throughout the Americas. This edited volume â presenting contributions from Panamanian, Colombian, and U.S. scholars â seeks to fill this historiographical gap by offering a variety of discussions about Colombia-Panama historical relationships within the context of U.S. imperialism. Heraclio Bonillaâs introduction contextualizes the cases of Colombia and Panama within the Andean region. He argues for a national rupture of the Andes by exploring the differences that
Hispanic American Historical Review – Duke University Press
Published: Aug 1, 2006
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