Object's details: The Birth of National Patriotisms in the American Provinces of the Spanish Empire

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Title:
The Birth of National Patriotisms in the American Provinces of the Spanish Empire
Creator:
Rydz, Romuald
Description:
The Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 1808 sparked off a crisis in the Spanish Empire in the Americas, culminating in its disintegration after two decades of struggle. As a result, several new Latin American states emerged on the ruins of the three–century–long Spanish rule in the Western Hemisphere. According to Benedict Anderson, the outbreak of independence revolutionshad been preceded by the rise of fully formed nationalism, which became a significant political and cultural phenomenon in the Spanish provinces of the New World in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. However, Anderson’s ideas, presented in his work „Imagined Communities”, faced criticism from many historians who view the emergence and evolution of national identities inAmerica as a result of a long process initiated by the conquest. In my article, I attempt to describe the stages of shaping national patriotisms in the American provinces of the Spanish Empire and identify the key elements influencing their development.Similar to the aforementioned researchers of Latin American history, I try to demonstrate that fully formed national patriotism had not arisen in the region until the collapse of Spanish rule in the New World. In my opinion, earlier forms had preceded it, such as Creole patriotism, American identification, and provincial identities. It was not until the outbreak of the independence revolutionswhen many of the leaders attempted to give the struggles a national character. In their endeavors, patriotic slogans were meant to become tools of support for revolutionary governments and fostering unity in all the social strata.;
The Napoleonic invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 1808 sparked off a crisis in the Spanish Empire in the Americas, culminating in its disintegration after two decades of struggle. As a result, several new Latin American states emerged on the ruins of the three–century–long Spanish rule in the Western Hemisphere. According to Benedict Anderson, the outbreak of independence revolutions had been preceded by the rise of fully formed nationalism, which became a significant political and cultural phenomenon in the Spanish provinces of the New World in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. However, Anderson’s ideas, presented in his work „Imagined Communities”, faced criticism from many historians who view the emergence and evolution of national identities in America as a result of a long process initiated by the conquest. In my article, I attempt to describe the stages of shaping national patriotisms in the American provinces of the Spanish Empire and identify the key elements influencing their development. Similar to the aforementioned researchers of Latin American history, I try to demonstrate that fully formed national patriotism had not arisen in the region until the collapse of Spanish rule in the New World. In my opinion, earlier forms had preceded it, such as Creole patriotism, American identification, and provincial identities. It was not until the outbreak of the independence revolutions when many of the leaders attempted to give the struggles a national character. In their endeavors, patriotic slogans were meant to become tools of support for revolutionary governments and fostering unity in all the social strata.
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free access
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Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Romuald Rydz;
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Date:
2023.12.31
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
Artykuł naukowy
Language:
Polish
Source:
Biuletyn Historii Wychowania; No. 48-49 (2023); 29-49;
Biuletyn Historii Wychowania; Nr 48-49 (2023); 29-49;
2657-9286;
1233-2224
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Relation: https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/bhw/article/view/51246/41533
Subject:
history;
history of Spanish empire;
history of Latin America;
national patriotisms
Identifier: https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/bhw/article/view/51246
Data provider:
Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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