In the 'dispute of the New World' many eighteenth and nineteenth century historians, naturalists, and moral philosophers from Europe and the Americas sought either to confirm or refute the views of the French naturalist Buffon, who had contended that the New World was in fact geologically new. This book maintains that 'dispute' was also a debate over historical authority: upon whose sources and facts should one reconstruct the history of the continent and its peoples? The author traces the cultural processes that led early-modern intellectuals on both sides of the Atlantic to question primary sources long considered authoritative. The book adds to the literature on nation formation by exploring the creation of specific identities in Spain and Spanish America. Colonial intellectuals went beyond mirroring or contesting European ideas and put forth daring and original critiques of European epistemologies that resulted in substantially new historiographical concepts.
- ISBN:
- 9780804746939
- 9780804746939
-
Category:
- History of the Americas
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
16-04-2002
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 488
- Dimensions (mm):
- 229x152x27mm
- Weight:
- 0.66kg
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