Download or read book The Hispanic World and American Intellectual Life, 1820–1880 written by I. Jaksic and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-01-14 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines why several American literary and intellectual icons became pioneering scholars of the Hispanic world after Independence and the War 1812. At this crucial time for the young republic, these gifted Americans found inspiration in an unlikely place: the collapsing Spanish empire and used it to shape their own country's identity.