Espana frente al Mexico amenazado, 1845-1848 (review)
cal clerics and some ironic freethinkers. It was more than that. Finally, Collier holds forth concerning the formation of the national sentiment, the importance of the press and pamphlets, civic ceremony, the use of the plaza, and the mobilization of artesans together with the birth of historiography and the intellectual debates over the meaning of the nation. For all these reasons, this book is not just a study about the history of Chile, but rather about the problem of the construction of modern nations, the role of the elite, and the formation of liberal political systems.