From Sovereign Villages to National States : City, State, and Federation in Cent [Hardcover]

Dym's analysis of Central America's early nineteenth-century politics shows nation-state formation to be a city-driven process that transformed colonial provinces into enduring states.Jordana Dym is associate professor of Latin American history at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York. She is also co-editor ofPolitics, Economy, and Society in Bourbon Central America, 1759-1821.