The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas
Why is the capital of the United States named in part after Christopher Columbus, a Genoese explorer commissioned by Spain who never set foot on what would become the nation's mainland? Why did Spanish American nationalists in 1819 name a new independent republic "Colombia," after Columbus, the firs...
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2021
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| description | Why is the capital of the United States named in part after Christopher Columbus, a Genoese explorer commissioned by Spain who never set foot on what would become the nation's mainland? Why did Spanish American nationalists in 1819 name a new independent republic "Colombia," after Columbus, the first representative of the empire from which they had recently broken free? These are only two of the introductory questions explored in <em>The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas</em>, a fundamental recasting of Columbus as an eminently powerful tool in imperial constructs.<br><br>Bartosik-Velez seeks to explain the meaning of Christopher Columbus throughout the so-called New World, first in the British American colonies and the United States, as well as in Spanish America, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She argues that during the pre- and post-revolutionary periods, New World societies commonly imagined themselves as legitimate and powerful independent political entities by comparing themselves to the classical empires of Greece and Rome. Columbus, who had been construed as a figure of empire for centuries, fit perfectly into that framework. By adopting him as a national symbol, New World nationalists appeal to Old World notions of empire. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-376522025-07-31T14:27:15Z The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas Bartosik-Velez, Elise History United States History Caribbean & West Indies Literary Criticism Caribbean & Latin American thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHK History of the Americas thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism Why is the capital of the United States named in part after Christopher Columbus, a Genoese explorer commissioned by Spain who never set foot on what would become the nation's mainland? Why did Spanish American nationalists in 1819 name a new independent republic "Colombia," after Columbus, the first representative of the empire from which they had recently broken free? These are only two of the introductory questions explored in <em>The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas</em>, a fundamental recasting of Columbus as an eminently powerful tool in imperial constructs.<br><br>Bartosik-Velez seeks to explain the meaning of Christopher Columbus throughout the so-called New World, first in the British American colonies and the United States, as well as in Spanish America, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. She argues that during the pre- and post-revolutionary periods, New World societies commonly imagined themselves as legitimate and powerful independent political entities by comparing themselves to the classical empires of Greece and Rome. Columbus, who had been construed as a figure of empire for centuries, fit perfectly into that framework. By adopting him as a national symbol, New World nationalists appeal to Old World notions of empire. 2021-02-10T14:47:44Z 2021-02-10T14:47:44Z 2021-01-27T04:32:06Z 2016 book OCN: 1249170133 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46331 9780826519559 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37652 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46331/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46331/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46331/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46331/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/46331/1/external_content.pdf Vanderbilt University Press Vanderbilt University Press 39f72efd-1f66-4723-aabe-cafcba6834fa 9780826519559 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2020: HSS Backlist Books Vanderbilt University Press open access |
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