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Mapping Latin America: A Cartographic Reader (with Karl Offen) (2011)

360 pages | 118 color plates, 12 halftones, 1 line drawing | 8-1/2 x 11...

 

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Napoléon et les Amériques: Histoire atlantique et empire napoléonien (with John Savage and Christophe Belaubre) (2009)

303 pages; 6 page color insert; index

 

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Politics, Economy and Society in Bourbon Central America (with Christophe Belaubre) (2007)

Cloth. 320 pages. Illustrations: 4 b/w photos, 1 drawing, 7 maps, 2 tables

Politics, Economy,...

 

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From Sovereign Villages to National States: City, State and Federation in Central America, 1759-1839 (2006)

The role of the city--as an institution, as a political ideal, as a training ground...

 

History of Cartography

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Cartographic Conversation (2012)

In 2012, the John Carter Brown Library celebrated the 50th anniversary of its fellowship program....

 

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Taking a Walk on the Wild Side: Experiencing the Spaces of Colonial Latin America, Colonial Latin American Review (2012)

The introductory essay to a special issue, which I edited, on spatial practices in colonial...

 

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De Reino de Guatemala a República de Centro América: Un Periplo Cartográfico, Boletín de AFEHC (2011)
 

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Mapeando Patrias Chicas y Patrias Grandes: Cartografía e Historia Iberoamericana, Siglos XVIII-XX, Araucaria (2010)

This monographic section of five essays demonstrates how using the methods and analysis of history...

 

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The Familiar and the Strange: Western Travelers' Maps of Europe and Asia, Ca. 1600-1800, Philosophy & Geography (2004)

Early Modern European travelers sought to gather and disseminate knowledge through narratives written for avid...

 

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Virtual Slideset: Defining Independent Central America Through Traveler's Cartographies (1821-1950), The Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography (2002)
 

History of Central America

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Twelve for the Price of One: The Constitution of Cádiz & Guatemala (2012)

On March 19, 1812, the Spanish Cortes promulgated the Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy,...

 

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Enseñanza en los jeroglíficos y emblemas": Igualdad y lealtad en Guatemala por Fernando VII (1810), Secuencia (2009)

An analysis of the pamphlet Guatemala Por Fernando VII about Guatemala City's response to Napoleon...

 

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“El goze de los derechos de ciudadanía”: Elections and Citizenship in Central America, ca. 1770-1850”, THE ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE AMERICAS, 1770s-1880s (2008)
 

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Citizen of Which Republic? Foreigners and the Construction of National Citizenship in Central America, 1823-1845, The Americas (2008)

The law of the South American states with reference to nationality of origin remains to...

 

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Bibliografía de relatos de viaje y descripciones sobre Centroamérica," Istmo 14 (on-line journal) (with Aldo Lauria Santiago), Istmo (2007)
 

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Soberanía transitiva y adhesión condicional: lealtad e insurrección en el Reino de Guatemala, 1808-1811, Araucaria (2007)
 

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“Our Pueblos, Fractions with No Central Unity”: Municipal Sovereignty in Central America, 1808-1821, Hispanic American Historical Review (2006)
 

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La reconciliación de la historia y la modernidad : George Thompson, Henry Dunn y Frederick Crowe, tres viajeros británicos en Centroamérica, 1825-1845, Mesoamérica (2000)

This article examines the books of three British travelers to Central America to suggest new...