The Return of the Native: Indians and Myth-Making in Spanish America, 1810-1930Why does Argentina's national anthem describe its citizens as sons of the Inca? Why did patriots in nineteenth century Chile name a battleship after the Aztec emperor Montezuma? Answers to both questions lie in the tangled knot of ideas that constituted the creole imagination in nineteenth century Spanish America. Rebecca Earle examines the place of preconquest peoples such as the Aztecs and the Incas within the sense of identity both personal and