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The Reconstruction of Nineteenth-Century Politics in Spanish America: A Case for the History of Ideas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

Charles A. Hale
Charles A. Hale*
Affiliation:
University of Iowa
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The historiography of the nineteenth-century political process in latin America is in trouble. With the burgeoning of Latin American history as a professional activity, historians are increasingly “moving beyond” past politics to study social and economic themes. The traditional treatments of the nineteenth century, dedicated to glorifying or debunking heroic leaders, to perpetuating old partisan and ideological struggles, or even to presenting in a more detached way a minutely-detailed political narrative, have lost their allure. It is true, to the obvious consternation of the editors of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, that items in the traditional mold still abound. In Mexico, for example, the celebration of the centennial and sesquicentennial of the two heroic ages of liberalism, the Revolution for Independence and the Reforma, gave great impetus to political writing. Analogous historiographical stimulants can be found in other countries, sometimes where the heroism of the anniversaries is less clear. Yet the value of even the best of such work is increasingly called into question by professional historians.

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Topical Review
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , Summer 1973 , pp. 53 - 73
Copyright
Copyright © 1973 by the University of Texas Press

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This article is a substantially revised version of a paper first given at the 1970 meeting of the Southern Historical Association, in Louisville. I am grateful to several colleagues for their helpful criticisms, especially Charles Gibson, Peter H. Smith, and Alan B. Spitzer.

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