On Political Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century Latin America

HILDA SABATO

The American Historical Review

The American Historical Association

Año: 2001 vol. 106 p. 1290 - 1315

0002-8762

Se incluye el abstract en su versión original en inglés: In the last fifteen years, citizenship has become a crucial term in political and academic debates. This theme has also informed studies of the past and has been particularly productive in the field of political hisotry. In the case of  Latin America, scholars are using this new lens to revisit the nineteenth century, when the definition of citizenship and the constitution of a citizenry became key aspects of the nation-building process triggered after independence. On the basis of the recent literature on the subject, this article reflects on some of the main issues posed by the history of political citizenship in the region. By reviewing the existing work on specific cases that share a common perspective -an interest on political citizenship- this essay seeks to  identify the most salient problems in the political history of nineteenth-century Latin America and to provide an analytical survey useful for establishing comparisons with other regions of the world.