A World Not to Come : a History of Latino Writing and Print Culture / Raúl Coronado.

"A shift of global proportions occurred in May 1808. Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain and deposed the Spanish king. Overnight, the Hispanic world was transformed forever. Hispanics were forced to confront modernity, and to look beyond monarchy and religion for new sources of authority. A World...

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Main Author: Coronado, Raúl, 1972- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • I: Imagining New Futures
  • Anxiously Desiring the Nation: The Skepticism of Scholasticism
  • "Oh! How Much I Could Say!" : Imagining What a Nation Could Do
  • II. Pursuing Reform and Revolution
  • Seeking the Pueblo's Happiness: Reform and the Discourse of Political Economy
  • From Reform to Revolution: Print Culture and Expanding Social Imaginaries
  • III. Revolutionizing the Catholic Past
  • Seduced by Papers: Revolution (as Reformation) in Spanish Texas
  • "We the Pueblo of the Province of Texas": The Philosophy and Brute Reality of Independence
  • IV. The Entrance of Life into History
  • "To the Advocates of Enlightenment and Reason": From Subjects to Citizens
  • "Adhering to the New Order of Things": Newspapers, Publishing, and the Making of a New Social Imaginary
  • "The Natural Sympathies That Unite All of Our People": Political Journalism and the Struggle against Racism
  • Conclusion.