Papers On Spanish America Classic Reprint

Author : R. Ramírez
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ISBN 13 : 9781331005469
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book A Course of Lectures on the Intellectual History of Spanish America (Classic Reprint) written by R. Ramírez and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Course of Lectures on the Intellectual History of Spanish America These pages have been written on the basis of my lectures on the Social and Intellectual History of South America given at the University of California during the fall semester of 1920. They represent an attempt to explain South America of today in some aspects which have been so treated by the various English works as to create a wrong impression. Generally speaking, English authors have investigated the periods of discovery, conquest, and colonization of the Western world which belonged to Spain, but they have not studied the period of the wars for Independence, nor have they shown that they understand this movement, its aims and ultimate results. The history of the evolution of the different Spanish nations has not been correctly traced in English. There is, however, at this time, a grooving tendency and desire to know more about the countries of Spanish origin in this hemisphere, and we may hope that in the near future, this will lead to an intimate knowledge and mutual understanding between English and Spanish America. Much credit for the production of these pages must go to the members of my class who have taken the pains to write out the lectures in full form, and who have added much valuable information which they have found in English and Spanish books dealing with this subject. I cannot refrain from mentioning here, Miss Hazel Taylor, Miss Faith Hatch, Miss Marian Kergan, Hiss Aileen Kissane, Miss Eleanora Leahy and Mr. Herbert Sein. The part written by eachh one of these students bears his signature. I have concerned myself rather with topics than with a connected historical account, which may be found in Sweet's "History of Latin America," Shepherd's "Latin America," Bourne's "Spain in America," Bolton and Marshall's "The Colonization of North America," and Dawson's South American Republics." For the biographies of some of the revolutionary leaders, see the only work on the subject, Robertson's "History of South America as Told in the Lives of its Liberators." For the literary development of Spanish America, students may use Alfred Coester's "Literary History of Spanish America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.