Ronald Briggs is Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures at Barnard College and author of Tropes of Enlightenment in the Age of Bolívar: Simón Rodríguez and the American Essay at Revolution (also published by Vanderbilt University Press).

By emphasizing Lima and the connections that linked intellectuals based there to debates and processes in Europe and the US, Briggs makes a seminal contribution to expanding hemispheric American studies from a Latin American (and a Latin Americanist) perspective. He does so through an ambitious reading of a broad group of sources across the Americas, with bold interpretations, always linking back to the Lima group. The narrative is graceful, clear, and direct, all characteristic of Briggs's style"". - William Acree, author of Everyday Reading: Print Culture and Collective Identity in the Rio de la Plata, 1780-1910

Ronald Briggs is Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures at Barnard College and author of Tropes of Enlightenment in the Age of Bolívar: Simón Rodríguez and the American Essay at Revolution (also published by Vanderbilt University Press).

By emphasizing Lima and the connections that linked intellectuals based there to debates and processes in Europe and the US, Briggs makes a seminal contribution to expanding hemispheric American studies from a Latin American (and a Latin Americanist) perspective. He does so through an ambitious reading of a broad group of sources across the Americas, with bold interpretations, always linking back to the Lima group. The narrative is graceful, clear, and direct, all characteristic of Briggs's style"". - William Acree, author of Everyday Reading: Print Culture and Collective Identity in the Rio de la Plata, 1780-1910