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The spread of Spanish as a foreign language in North America during the 19th century prompted the publishing house Henry Holt and Frederick Leypoldt to edit in 1868 an anonymous handbook of pronunciation, lexicon, phrases, verbs and dialogues to teach Spanish in a short, easy and practical way. ¿Habla Vm. español? or Do you Speak English? collects the rudiments to perform in Spanish, especially through oral language, for those who wished to make a stay in Spain or in Latin America. Although the text is unoriginal in its content and formal presentation, it is part of linguistic historiography and the corpus of Spanish as a Foreign Language materials. This paper focuses on the analysis of ¿Habla Vm. español? or Do you Speak English?, the context in which it was written and the methodology used by Holt and Leypoldt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the contributions of the cultural history of the book, especially in the lines of Roger Chartier and Robert Darnton, this article approaches Manuel Antonio Carreño's famous Manual de urbanidad in two aspects: first, in the context of its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century which includes the author's intention, and in its several appearances towards the end of the nineteenth century and over the course of the twentieth century, ending with the particular case of its circulation in Chile. This makes it possible to establish an editorial map of the text, its uses and how it unfolded. Moreover, it helps us understand Manuel Carreño himself as an agent of globalization as well as the actors in movement of the nineteenth century, who, in turn, fostered the circulation of lesser knowledge that had a marked significance in the conformation of individual, national and global subjectivities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Latin America is a region inhabited by states with intermediate levels of state capacity, but with remarkable variation between stronger states, such as the Chilean, and weaker such as the Peruvian. What factors account for this diversity in state capacity? Drawing on an historical institutionalist approach, the three books reviewed here (Kurtz, 2013; Saylor, 2014; Soifer, 2015) aim to answer that question by highlighting different types of historical causes. The main lesson is that structural factors, such as economic, social, political, and geographical conditions, strongly influenced the decisions and actions of governing elites that led to the emergence, success or failure of state building enterprises. However, the focus on structural conditions and elites overlooks other factors that deserve to be assessed, namely the influence of state autonomy, political regime, mass publics' pressures, the reproduction mechanisms of state strength or weakness, and the possibilities of change that have taken place beyond the nineteenth century Latin America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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El presente artículo se plantea en una doble dimensión, de un lado es la presentación del dossier sobre estudios de la historia de la comunicación en el siglo XIX que la revista Chasqui ha decidido publicar en esta edición y, de otro, esboza una entrada a lo que significa hoy el trabajo sobre la historia de la comunicación en América Latina. Sin ser exhaustivo o total, este articulo constituye un llamado a ver las posibilidades, observar los vacíos y afrontar las limitaciones de lo que sucede en este ámbito de estudios, para lo cual propone unos elementos a atender hoy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay examines the shifting conceptions of the state and development through recent waves of Peruvian historiography. The broad structuralist-dependency interpretations of the 1970s and 1980s gave way to a more diffuse and creative ‘political turn’ during and after the 1990s. These changing historical ideas, which still defy synthesis, relate to distinctive global conceptions and phases of economic liberalism, the changing perceived role of states in development, and the integration and social disciplining of a vastly unequal Peruvian nation. Aspects of these Peruvian historical debates may help to shed light on similar controversies through much of the region. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Towards the end of the colonial period the east coasts of the General Captaincy of Venezuela were the setting of an intense movement of ideas, papers and people, as well as of conspiracies and confrontments (both armed and unarmed). In that context emerged the figure of Francisco Isnardi, who would soon be imprisoned for alleged intentions to conspire. The study of this case of treason, especially of the suspect's library, which was confiscated, allows us to present a set of problems regarding the diffusion of enlightened values in Tierra Firme during that time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Independence Wars established a strategic alliance in all ¨Hispanoamérica ¨ -more symbolic than social or military- between Creole insurgents and indigenous peoples, which purpose would be to legitimize the warlike confl ict against Spain. In the middle of the century, when the State-Nation projects began to be designed for expansion and territorial occupation, the indigenous populations were reconsidered by the Creole imaginary; this time; however, not as political subjects of a potential coalition but as heirs of a highly respected linguistic code. This work proposes to investigate the literate construction of such heritages in a series of texts that, by combining Romanticism and Scientism, shaped the aim of such exploration in South-America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article discusses the change in the role of the Spanish monarchy in Latin America after the period of independence in the 19th century. It examines the organization of the constitution in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata region, which constitutes parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The author analyzes the Spanish monarchy's use of the patronage system in the area prior to the drafting of the constitution in the mid-19th century. The role of the Catholic Church in Spanish rule as well as in the independence movements is also explored.

In this paper the economic performance of post-independence Latin America is assessed in comparative perspective. The release from the colonial fiscal burden was partly offset by higher costs of self-government, while the opening of independent Latin American countries to the international economy represented a handmaiden of growth. Regional disparities increased after independence, so generalisations about the region's long-run behaviour are not straightforward. However, on average, per capita income grew in Latin America, and although the region fell behind compared with the United States and Western Europe, it improved or maintained its position relative to the rest of the world. Thus the term ' lost decades' appears an unwarranted depiction of the period between 1820 and 1870. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on Spanish colonial control over Cuban newspapers and periodicals during the period 1823-1834, in the aftermath of the independence movements in the Latin American Spanish colonies. The author discusses the lack of freedom of the press during this period, citing the censorship of various local and imported publications including "El Habanero" and "Ocios de los españoles emigrados" and noting the official support for pro-Spain newspapers such as "La Gaceta." He also considers the Spanish Royal Order of May 1825, which set up a Military Court in Havana, Cuba, for the purpose of prosecuting political dissidence and further controlling the circulation of printed works.

The article proposes that nations are the result, not the cause, of wars of independence. It presents an alternative assessment of conflicts within the Catholic Monarchy which occurred during the period from 1811 to 1820. The analysis aims to steer clear of constructions that have subsequently emerged and to incorporate novel works from various fields, political theory in particular, regarding the idea of nation. The article views wars of independence not as the struggle between nations, rather as an issue of sovereignty.

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Copyright of Historia y Sociedad (01218417) is the property of Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Economicas and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

The article traces the processes through which the northwest European doctrine of economic liberalism achieved dominance in nineteenth century Latin America. It focuses on transmission channels, domestic and foreign interest groups, institutions, civil society, economic structures and conjunctures, and political cultures to account for the spread on economic liberalism in various countries of the region between the 1770s and 1890. The doctrine was dominant in Latin America for a shorter time than commonly thought, only between ca. 1850 and 1890, and underwent multiple changes and adjustments in each of the region's countries. After 1890, promotion of externally lead growth went hand in hand with a gradual turning away from economic liberalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyzes the new historiographic perspectives developed in recent studies of 19th century Spanish American political history. Grouping these studies around three fundamental topics - political citizenship and nation building, violence and war, and the institutionalization of the state - it underlines how these new interpretations help modify the image of the 19th century as one characterized by violence, anarchy, and political boss-rule (caudillismo). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper attempts to locate the origin of the history of ideas from XIX century in Colombia, in the interpretative intention of the authors of the second half of the century, who have the intention to give meaning to historical facts using a conceptual structure taken from different ideologies or philosophic currents in vogue at that moment in Europe, without stopping in the purely descriptive or historical interest. In the twentieth century we will be studying relevant authors or publishing their original studies to complete a certain canon of representatives from the intellectuality of the epoch. The question is for the criterion which defines the selection and the mode to link the ideas in general and the philosophical in particular to the development of the cultural and social processes. The paper shows some alternative hypotheses that take the contributions from text science and other contemporary disciplines that consider the study of the ideas of the XIX century without falling into the totalizations that have been censured. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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