Dr Natalia Sobrevilla Perea, of the Centre for American Studies has just co-edited a book, entitled The Rise of Constitutional Government in the Iberian Atlantic World. The edited collection follows on from the recent bicentenary of the Cadiz Constitution of 1812, the first liberal constitution of the Hispanic world.
The Constitution was extremely influential in and beyond Europe, and the essays within the book explore how its enduring legacy not only shaped the history of state-building, elections, and municipal governance in Iberian America, but also affected national identities and citizenship as well as the development of race and gender in the region. It sheds new light on the early, liberal Hispanic societies and show how the legacies of those societies shape modern Spain and Latin America.
About the book:
‘The Rise of Constitutional Government in the Iberian Atlantic World: The Impact of the Cádiz Constitution of 1812’ is co-edited by Scott Eastman, Associate Professor at Creighton University.
For full details about this publication, please see visit the website of The University of Alabama Press.