@article{838267,
      author = {Madan, Aarti Smith,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/838267},
      title = {Lines of geography in Latin American narrative : national  territory, national literature /},
      abstract = {This text looks to the writings of prolific statesmen like  D.F. Sarmiento, Estanislao Zeballos, and Euclides da Cunha  to unearth the literary and political roots of the  discipline of geography in 19th-century Latin America.  Tracing the simultaneous rise of text-writing, map-making,  and institution-building, it offers new insight into how  nations consolidated their territories. Beginning with the  titanic figures of Strabo and Humboldt, it rereads  foundational works like Facundo and Os sertoes as examples  of a recognizably geographical discourse. The book digs  into lesser-studied bulletins, correspondence, and essays  to tell the story of how three statesmen became literary  stars while spearheading Latin America's first geographic  institutes, which sought to delineate the newly independent  states.--},
      recid = {838267},
      pages = {1 online resource (xi, 291 pages) :},
}