The image of Nicaragua and nicaraguans in the first text

ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: After presenting some considerations on the importance of schools and in particular history textbooks in the formation of a national conscience and the creation and consolidation of a sense of nationality, in this article we analyze the first book used in Nicaragua as a textbook...

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Published in:Andamios (Mexico City, Mexico) Mexico), 2009-08, Vol.6 (11), p.303-322
Main Author: Ampié, Guillermo Fernández
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Education
National history
Nationalism
Nicaragua
Political change
Political conditions
Political science
Political sociology
Textbooks
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Summary:ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: After presenting some considerations on the importance of schools and in particular history textbooks in the formation of a national conscience and the creation and consolidation of a sense of nationality, in this article we analyze the first book used in Nicaragua as a textbook for teaching Nicaraguan history and geography, at the end of the 19th Century. We consider this book, Notas geográficas y económicas sobre la república de Nicaragua (Geographical and economical notes on the Nicaragua republic), written by a French engineer, Paul Lévy, to be one of the first textual images of that Central American country, reflecting the vision and concept that Nicaraguan elites of that time had of their own country. // ABSTRACT IN SPANISH: Después de hacer algunas consideraciones sobre la importancia de las escuelas y los textos escolares de historia en la formación de una conciencia nacional y en la creación y consolidación del sentimiento de nacionalidad, en este ensayo analizamos el primer texto utilizado para la enseñanza de la historia y la geografía de Nicaragua: las Notas geográficas y económicas sobre la república de Nicaragua, escritas por el ingeniero francés Paul Lévy en 1871. Se trata de una de las primeras imágenes textuales de ese país centroamericano, que en parte refleja la visión y el concepto que de su propia patria tenían las elites nicaragüenses en esa misma época. The opinion expressed in every paper in this Journal is the sole responsibility of its author, and not of the editor or the publisher, which is the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México. You are free to copy and distribute all the material here contained for the aim of education and research. However, you may not use this work for commercial purposes. You must cite the source and attribute the work to the author. You may not alter, transform or build upon this work.
ISSN:1870-0063