Education and the historiography of Ibero-American independence: elusive presences, many absences

This contribution analyses recent historiographical tendencies in research in the field of education at the time of the political emancipation of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America. The article briefly presents the complex educational scene in Latin America on the eve of the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Paedagogica historica 2010-08, Vol.46 (4), p.419-434
Main Author: Pimenta, João Paulo G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colonies & territories
Education history
Educational History
eighteenth century
Emancipation
Foreign Countries
Foreign Policy
Historians
Historiography
Independence
Latin America
Nationalism
nineteenth century
Portugal
Scholarship
Spain
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This contribution analyses recent historiographical tendencies in research in the field of education at the time of the political emancipation of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonies in Latin America. The article briefly presents the complex educational scene in Latin America on the eve of the movements for independence. Due to the revolutionary character of the process of independence, it identifies educational history as one of the most significant absences in the historiography of independence. Notwithstanding, education has certainly been addressed by historians of education, mostly focusing on the colonial or postcolonial period, while largely neglecting the two decades after 1808. This indicates both the divide prevalent between historians of education and historians of independence and the rather nationalistic conceptual frame of existing scholarship.
ISSN:0030-9230
1477-674X
DOI:10.1080/00309230.2010.496372