{"product_id":"9781119559337","title":"Antiquities and Classical Traditions in Latin America","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBulletin of Latin American Research Book Series\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAntiquities and Classical Traditions in Latin America\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndrew Laird | Nicola Miller\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Latin America \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection is the first concerted attempt to explore the significance of classical legacies for Latin American history – from the uses of antiquarian learning in colonial institutions to the currents of Romantic Hellenism which inspired liberators and nation-builders in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses how the model of Roman imperialism, challenges to Aristotle’s theories of geography and natural slavery, and Cicero’s notion of the patria have had a pervasive influence on thought and politics throughout the Latin American region\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together essays by specialists in art history, cultural anthropology and literary studies, as well as Americanists and scholars of the classical tradition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows that appropriations of the Greco-Roman past are a recurrent catalyst for change in the Americas\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCalls attention to ideas and developments which have been overlooked in standard narratives of intellectual history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Laird\u003c\/b\u003e is John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics and Humanities and Professor of Hispanic Studies at Brown University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicola Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Latin American History at University College London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26 December 2018\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119559337\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383974031500,"sku":"9781119559337","price":31.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119559337_ae87d668-dde7-49e0-ac24-d64bc8dfe2f2.jpg?v=1780239931","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119559337","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}