José Joaquín de Mora in Chile: From Neo-Europe to the ‘Beocia Americana’

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Abstract

The Spanish jurist, poet and journalist José Joaquín de Mora was probably
the first foreign political consultant to be hired by several different
South American governments in the period immediately following the
wars of independence (mid-1820–1830s). This paper takes a transnational
approach to focus on his activities concerning Chile. It argues that
Mora fitted the requirements of regional elites who aspired to have the
New World drenched in European cultural values to make it a beacon
of rational liberty, particularly for the Old World under the autocratic
constrains of the Holy Alliance.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)326-339
JournalBulletin of Latin American Research
Volume36
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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