Nationalism and Transnationalism in Spain and Latin America, 1808–1923

The long nineteenth century was a time of powerful tensions in the Hispanic Atlantic corridor, with Latin American republics, many newly independent, clashing repeatedly with Spain and its interests. But that was only part of the story, as this collection reveals. Though debates were fierce, there was nonetheless crucial ongoing dialogue between the Spanish intelligentsia and that of the Latin American republics, ensuring that ideas and innovations flowed between the nations and further cemented their cultural ties even as their political ones became more attenuated. This book explores the Hispanic Atlantic corridor, argued to have been an important channel of dialogue between the Spanish intelligentsia and that of the new Latin American republics, despite the tensions within the relationship which were often central to debates and arguments flowing from one side of the Atlantic to the other This book examines the importance of the Spanish heritage in Spanish-speaking Latin America following independence, and the connections that remained or were re-established between Spain and her former colonies in the Americas over the course of the nineteenth century.