"The Nobles are Finished": Gender, Race, and Citizenship in Postcolonial Nicaragua through the Eyes of Aristocratic Women 1807-1847

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Personal artifacts are hard to come by in Central American archives; their society is generally not as liberal in divulging their personal lives. The Cesar family was high-ranking before the Latin American independence movement and kept in contact with Spanish elites on the Iberian Peninsula. When the Central American states gained independence, elites had to make a choice that could cost their lives "u2013 stay with old elites or lead a new generation. Page 7 of the CELT Research Abstract Booklet.

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Title: "The Nobles are Finished": Gender, Race, and Citizenship in Postcolonial Nicaragua through the Eyes of Aristocratic Women 1807-1847
Researcher: Gaidamak, David
Faculty: Justin Wolfe, Ph.D.
Description: Personal artifacts are hard to come by in Central American archives; their society is generally not as liberal in divulging their personal lives. The Cesar family was high-ranking before the Latin American independence movement and kept in contact with Spanish elites on the Iberian Peninsula. When the Central American states gained independence, elites had to make a choice that could cost their lives "u2013 stay with old elites or lead a new generation. Page 7 of the CELT Research Abstract Booklet.
Genre: abstract or summary
Topical Subject(s): Nicaragua--History--To 1838
Nicaragua--History--1838-1909
Aristocracy (Social class)
Spanish language--Latin America--History
Geographical Subject(s): Ibérica, Península
Central America
Nicaragua (Central America)
Language: eng
File Type: pdf
Identifier (local): CELT_AB_07
Extent: page 7 of 36
Type of Resource: text
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