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The Vanguard of the Atlantic World: Creating Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in Nineteenth-Century Latin America by James E. Sanders (review)

The Vanguard of the Atlantic World: Creating Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in... Reviews s an de rs , j am es e. The Vanguard of the Atlantic World: Creating Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in Nineteenth-Century Latin America. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 2014. xi 339. James Sanders's thorough and engaging exploration of republicanism, modernity, and nation is at the vanguard of scholarship on nineteenth-century Latin America. For more than 150 years the idea that civilization sprouted in Europe and had to be transported to America defined the scholarly paradigm for understanding modernity in Latin America. Many Latin American intellectuals and politicians have likewise largely adhered to this interpretive framework. Yet, building on the work of scholars like Florencia Mallon and Peter Guardino, Sanders presents us with a distinct model for locating and understanding democratic modernity and its impact on nation formation throughout the century. Rather than a set of processes and discourses deemed desirable to import from Europe, he argues convincingly that modernity developed first and most fully in America. This American republican modernity offered an "alternative political culture" defined by citizenship rights, democracy, political liberty, and a new understanding of the pueblo and popular participation in the public sphere. From the 1830s through the 1870s, American republican modernity did not http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Hispanic Review University of Pennsylvania Press

The Vanguard of the Atlantic World: Creating Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in Nineteenth-Century Latin America by James E. Sanders (review)

Hispanic Review , Volume 85 (1) – Feb 15, 2017

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Reviews s an de rs , j am es e. The Vanguard of the Atlantic World: Creating Modernity, Nation, and Democracy in Nineteenth-Century Latin America. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 2014. xi 339. James Sanders's thorough and engaging exploration of republicanism, modernity, and nation is at the vanguard of scholarship on nineteenth-century Latin America. For more than 150 years the idea that civilization sprouted in Europe and had to be transported to America defined the scholarly paradigm for understanding modernity in Latin America. Many Latin American intellectuals and politicians have likewise largely adhered to this interpretive framework. Yet, building on the work of scholars like Florencia Mallon and Peter Guardino, Sanders presents us with a distinct model for locating and understanding democratic modernity and its impact on nation formation throughout the century. Rather than a set of processes and discourses deemed desirable to import from Europe, he argues convincingly that modernity developed first and most fully in America. This American republican modernity offered an "alternative political culture" defined by citizenship rights, democracy, political liberty, and a new understanding of the pueblo and popular participation in the public sphere. From the 1830s through the 1870s, American republican modernity did not

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Hispanic ReviewUniversity of Pennsylvania Press

Published: Feb 15, 2017

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