“By some accounts, Chile's unstable borders and the history of violent national integration of frontier territories, from the Atacama to the Araucanía and Patagonia, have underwritten an exceptionally stable national identity and robust nationalism. As in the United States, Chile's… — Elizabeth Quay Hutchison Copy Share
“The miner who suffers nature's wrath in explosions, landslides, falls, and silicosis, or black lung disease, has been a representative figure of Chilean nationhood, just as mining itself has fueled the economy since the nineteenth century. But the (always male) miner conquering (female) nature, overcoming danger and disaster to extract ore, the bounty granted to Chile by nature, has also… — Elizabeth Quay Hutchison Copy Share
“The history of Chile, like many other national histories south of the Rio Grande, provides an important vantage point from which U.S. readers may not only learn about this long, thin country, but also think critically about their own country—and its own claims to exceptionalism. As our Chilean colleagues have expressed so well, “history is projection. It is the social… — Elizabeth Quay Hutchison Copy Share
“Relegating indigenous populations and their histories either to the past as conquered peoples or marginalizing their significance in the present, Chilean nation-building has typically… — Elizabeth Quay Hutchison Copy Share Image
“A Reader dedicated to a “national” history remains relevant in an increasingly global and transnational world: the story of Chile's emergence as a nation… — Elizabeth Quay Hutchison Copy Share Image
“By some accounts, Chile's unstable borders and the history of violent national integration of frontier territories, from the Atacama to the Araucanía and Patagonia, have underwritten an exceptionally stable national identity and robust nationalism. As in the United States, Chile's exceptional place in the Americas has often been attributed to its frontier experiences and its aggressive expansionism since the mid-nineteenth… — Elizabeth Quay Hutchison Copy Share
“Frontiers, like nature more generally, have played a major role in Chile's national formation.” — Elizabeth Quay Hutchison Copy Share Image
