Myths of Harmony: Race and Republicanism during the Age of Revolution, Colombia, 1795-1831 Art & Art Studies Alves documents the brutality of

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Myths of Harmony: Race and Republicanism during the Age of Revolution, Colombia, 1795-1831 Art & Art Studies Alves documents the brutality ofThis book centers on a foundational moment for Latin American racial constructs. While most contemporary scholarship has focused the explanation for racial tolerance or its lack in the colonial period, Marixa Lasso argues that the key to understanding the origins of modern race relations are to be found later, in the Age of Revolution. Lasso rejects the common assumption that subalterns were passive and alienated from Creole led patriot movements, and