Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Christopher Columbus, the Chicken and the Egg 10
Chapter 2 Sailing over the Edge: The U.S. Quincentenary Jubilee Commission 45
Chapter 3 Cities of Gold 85
Chapter 4 Ethnos, History and Myth 129
Chapter 5 The Quincentenary as Excess: The Case of Spain 156
Chapter 6 The Same and the Other: Italy and Latin America 187
Chapter 7 Conclusion: Weeds of Change 228
Notes 251