Overview
- Examines often neglected sources
- Shows the impact of partisan archives on current understanding of U.S. Filibusters
- Demonstrates how connected antebellum American was to the isthmus
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About this book
This book investigates how the encounter between the U.S. filibuster expedition in 1855-1857 and Nicaraguans was imagined in both countries. The author examines transnational media and gives special emphasis to hitherto neglected publications like the bilingual newspaper El Nicaraguense. The study analyzes filibusters’ direct influence on their representations and how these form the basis for popular collective memories and academic discourses.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Andreas Beer received a PhD in American Studies in 2014 and is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Constance, Germany. His research interests include transnational entanglements in antebellum America (especially with Latin America), literary and social practices in contemporary protest movements, and processes of indigenous identification and subalternity in the American hemisphere. His latest publication is (together with Gesa Mackenthun): Fugitive Knowledges. The Preservation and Loss of Knowledges in Cultural Contact Zones (2015).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Transnational Analysis of Representations of the US Filibusters in Nicaragua, 1855-1857
Authors: Andreas Beer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28352-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28351-7Published: 17 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80332-6Published: 27 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28352-4Published: 07 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 213
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of the Americas, Political History, World History, Global and Transnational History