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Jose Alvarez de Toledo y Dubois and the origins of Hispanic publishing in the early American Republic.(Essay)
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Early American Literature
- Article date:
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January 1, 2008
- Author:
- Kanellos, Nicolas
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Publication of books and periodicals by Hispanics living in the early American republic began in three cities: New Orleans, Philadelphia, and New York. An examination of more than one hundred books and pamphlets published (1) between 1800 and 1820 in these cities reveals that the motive for writing and publishing many of these in the United States by Spaniards and Creoles from throughout the Spanish colonies was political; that is, many Spanish and Spanish American intellectuals and revolutionaries had taken up exile precisely in the new American Republic to study its ideology and government institutions firsthand in order to learn from, translate and adapt them, and finally ...