02884nam 2200589 450 991082120750332120230828200106.00-8229-7109-7(CKB)3710000000094256(EBL)2038169(OCoLC)607881052(SSID)ssj0000613377(PQKBManifestationID)11385350(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000613377(PQKBWorkID)10584813(PQKB)11780856(MiAaPQ)EBC2038169(Au-PeEL)EBL2038169(CaPaEBR)ebr10851538(CaONFJC)MIL586756(EXLCZ)99371000000009425620060808h20062006 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe conquest of history Spanish colonialism and national histories in the nineteenth century /Christopher Schmidt-NowaraPittsburgh, Pennsylvania :University of Pittsburgh Press,[2006]©20061 online resource (297 pages)Pitt Latin American seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8229-4292-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Spain between decolonizations : history against the currents of history -- Columbus's remains, Columbus in chains : commemoration and its discontents in late nineteenth-century Spain and Cuba -- The problem of prehistory in Puerto Rico and Cuba -- The specter of Las Casas -- Spain in the Philippines : archive and authority circa 1898 -- The return of Ponce de León.As Spain rebuilt its colonial regime in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish American revolutions, it turned to history to justify continued dominance. The metropolitan vision of history, however, always met with opposition in the colonies. The Conquest of History examines how historians, officials, and civic groups in Spain and its colonies forged national histories out of the ruins and relics of the imperial past. By exploring controversies over the veracity of the Black Legend, the location of Christopher Columbus's mortal remains, and the survival of indigenous culturePitt Latin American series.NationalismLatin AmericaHistory19th centuryLatin AmericaCivilizationSpanish influencesLatin AmericaHistoriographySpainCivilizationLatin American influencesNationalismHistory980.03/1Schmidt-Nowara Christopher1966-1676964MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821207503321The conquest of history4068449UNINA