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Dan-el Padilla Peralta, "Classicism and Other Phobias" (Princeton UP, 2025)

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History of Classical Value and Colonial Ties

He traces how ancient Greece and Rome became overrepresented after 1492, shows how Greco-Roman references justified conquest and slavery (e.g., Juan de Castellanos), and discusses the Haitian Revolution's marginalization.

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