%0 Journal Article %T Imaginarios nacionales latinoamericanos en el tr¨¢nsito del siglo XIX al XX %A Norambuena Carrasco %A Carmen %J Estudios de filosof£¿-a pr£¿£¿ctica e historia de las ideas %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this work is a reflection about the construction of imaginaries that took form along the xix century in the south american countries: chile, argentina, uruguay, and brazil. these countries intended to install a modern and attractive appearance consistent with the so-called "civilized world." we try to establish an understandable frame for posing again different issues of our common history; in this case, the creation of an imaginary of prosperous countries, so powerful as to hide other possible imaginaries. %K national imaginary %K civilized world %K xix century. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-94902007000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en