The Institute of Latin American Studies (London) is pleased to announce the publication of the ninth title in the ILAS Nineteenth-Century History Series (further details and ordering information can be found on the ILAS website.
Nancy Priscilla Naro (ed.), Blacks, Coloureds and National Identity in Nineteenth-Century Latin America (ISBN 1900039478) pp. 174, pb, price £14.95, $19.95, €20.00
These essays examine the political, cultural and social role of the population with African background in the shaping of national identity in various Latin American countries. Slavery survived well into the nineteenth century in countries such as Brazil and Cuba; first its existence and then the dismantling of the institution strongly affected the definition of citizenship in the emerging nation-states. However, not all blacks were slaves, and a significant number of slaves gained their freedom during periods of war and other central events in the process of state formation. In addition to their direct participation in struggles of national significance, blacks also wrote on social, political and cultural issues. Their involvement in politics – in elections, civil wars and revolutions, and in office – as well as in religious activities, family institutions and civil associations, is considered in terms of the broader significance to the forging of citizenship and national identity.
CONTRIBUTORS: Carmen Bernand, Jonathan Curry-Machado, Robin Derby, David Geggus, Franklin Knight, Nancy Priscilla Naro, Ephraim Sánchez, Jean Stubbs
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