Andrés Bello
Scholarship and Nation-Building in Nineteenth-Century Latin America

The first book-length biography in English of Andrés Bello, the nineteenth-century Latin American intellectual, first published in 2001.

Ivan Jaksic (Author)

9780521027595, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 November 2006

292 pages, 8 b/w illus. 2 maps
22.8 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg

'This is the first full-length intellectual life of Bello in English, and is a major contribution to scholarship on him.' Forum for Modern Language Studies

This book-length intellectual biography of Andrés Bello, first published in 2001, is the first to appear in English. Bello, the most important intellectual of nineteenth-century Latin America, made enduring contributions to the fields of international law, civil legislation, grammar and philology. He was also a poet of note, a literary critic and an influential statesman whose contributions to nation-building and Spanish American identity are widely recognized across the region. In this book, Jaksic provides an archival-based critical account that challenges the celebratory literature that has dominated Bello studies. He demonstrates how knowledge of Bello's contributions illuminate not only Latin American history, but also current issues of imperial fragmentation, nationalism and language.

Introduction
1. The formation of a colonial scholar, 1781–1810
2. Exile and scholarship in London, 1810–20
3. The diplomacy of Independence, 1820–9
4. In the 'land of anarchy', 1829–40
5. A decade of triumph, 1840–50
6. The rule of law
7. The return of Mio Cid
8. Conclusion: farewell to Nestor.

Subject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], History of the Americas [HBJK], Biography: historical, political & military [BGH]