Frontmatter
Contents
Maps
Introduction
Part I. Landscapes of Knowledge
1. Public Libraries, Modern Nations
2. Repertoires of Knowledge
3. Writing in the Dark: A Market for Knowledge
4. Knowledge Brokers: How Drawing Teachers Made Nations Possible
5. Touchstones of Knowledge
Part II. Knowledge for Nation-Making
6. Languages: Universal, National and Regional
7. Land and Territory: Making Natural Nations
8. Not the 'Dismal Science' but the 'Lifeless' One: Critiques of Classical Political Economy in Latin America
9. Infrastructure: Engineering Sovereignty
10. Education for Citizenship: Beyond Morality and Patriotism
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
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