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“Jeneros de gusto y sobretodos ingleses”: El impacto cultural del consumo de bienes ingleses por la clase alta bogotana del siglo XIX

2009; Universidad de Los Andes; Issue: 38 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7440/histcrit38.2009.03

1900-6152

Ana María Otero-Cleves,

Politics and Society in Latin America

This article examines the cultural impact of the consumption of English goods by Bogotá’s upper class during the nineteenth century. It suggests that the consumption of English commodities after the country’s independence was one of the main mechanisms employed by the upper classes to ensure their social position as well as to build a modern nation according to European standards. Hence, the article explores the role that consumption of foreign goods played in processes of nation-building and social differentiation throughout the nineteenth century.