Exile and Nation-State Formation in Argentina and Chile, 1810-1862

Book Review| February 01 2021 Exile and Nation-State Formation in Argentina and Chile, 1810–1862 Exile and Nation-State Formation in Argentina and Chile, 1810–1862. By Blumenthal, Edward. Palgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. Maps. Figures. Notes. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 366 pp. Cloth, €72.79. Jorge A. Nállim Jorge A. Nállim University of Manitoba Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Hispanic American Historical Review (2021) 101 (1): 156–157. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-8796638 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Jorge A. Nállim; Exile and Nation-State Formation in Argentina and Chile, 1810–1862. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 February 2021; 101 (1): 156–157. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-8796638 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsHispanic American Historical Review Search Advanced Search Edward Blumenthal offers an important contribution to the growing body of scholarship on nation-building processes that followed Latin American independence in the early nineteenth century. Organized in six main chapters, an introduction, and a conclusion, his book combines rigorous archival work with theoretical sophistication and provides fresh insights into a relevant period in Latin American history.Blumenthal explores the role of political exile in nation-state formation in Argentina and Chile from 1810 to 1862. He argues that exile, in its different forms, did not mean the end or absence of political participation by politicians, intellectuals, soldiers, and merchants forced to leave their countries. Rather, they continued their participation in both their home and host countries, in exile sites such as Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima, Montevideo, and Mendoza. Political migration followed old colonial trade routes—also traveled by merchants, Indigenous peoples, and peons—that crossed... Copyright © 2021 by Duke University Press2021 You do not currently have access to this content

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