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The Land, People, and Problems of America in Eighteenth-Century Spanish Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2015

Anthony Tudisco
Anthony Tudisco*
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Columbia University, New York City
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Twentieth-Century historians accept the fact that history can no longer be viewed merely as past politics; it must now embrace all aspects of national life and thought—total history. In the study of a colonial empire, the social scientist must seek his sources not only in the colony but also in the mother country. The enumeration and analysis of American themes in the literature of imagination of eighteenth-century Spain can open new panoramas to the student of history since these themes reflect the ideas of the peninsular Spaniard and might help explain the reactions which they caused in the colonies.

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Research Article
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The Americas , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , April 1956 , pp. 363 - 384
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Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 1956

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