The Hispanic-Anglosphere from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century: An Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780367353131 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 320 str.

Graciela Iglesias-Rogers

Opis

This book introduces the conceptual framework of the ‘Hispanic-Anglosphere’ to open a window into the interactions between the British Isles and the global Hispanic world. It offers insights on trade, pandemics, the arts, education, language, politics, the press, religion, biodiversity, philanthropy, anti-slavery and imperialism.

Spis treści

Introduction: What is the Hispanic-Anglosphere? Concepts, methods and public engagement  Appendix: Re-interpreting Tyntesfield with the Hispanic-Anglosphere – A testimony  Part I: Case-studies  1. Spanish ‘colonies’: a term forged in the Hispanic-Anglosphere  2. British involvement in Francisco de Miranda’s Leander Expedition (1805–1807)  3. Yrisarri & Co: a Hispanic-Anglo firm in the opium trade in East Asia (1815–30)  4. Between Penury and Philanthropy: Joseph Lancaster, the State and the Birth of Primary Schooling in Chile (c.1810-1830)  5. Love, prejudice, pandemics, and global entrepreneurship: William ‘Guillermo’ Gibbs’s long route to Tyntesfield  6. Englishmen and Alpacas: William Walton, William Danson and Charles Ledger  7. Entangled Public Opinion: Thomas George Love and the British Press in the River Plate, 1807-1845  8. Pablo Montesino’s exile and the basis of the Liberal Education Project  9. The anarchist feedback loop: Spanish solidarity campaigns in London and the birth of revolutionary syndicalism, 1896-1913  10. Miguel de Unamuno’s British correspondence: a space for sharing ideas and concerns  Part II: Entangled Lives: A Taster  11. Biographies  12. Material culture: prints, manuscripts, objects, images, locations  Afterword: The way ahead

O autorze

Graciela Iglesias-Rogers is Senior Lecturer in Modern European and Global Hispanic History at the University of Winchester (UK) and Principal Investigator in the AHRC-funded international research project 'The Hispanic Anglosphere: transnational networks and global communities (18th - 20th centuries)' in partnership with The National Trust – Tyntesfield.