The Anarchist Imaginary

Max Nettlau’s publications became key documents for the study of Latin American anarchism and radical history. Nettlau considered Hispanic anarchists in the United States as an integral part of the Latin American anarchist imaginary. This chapter explores Nettlau’s correspondence with two anarchist activists, José Lóuzara de Andrés (1891-1973) from Steubenville, Ohio, and Enrique Nido (1884-1928) from Rosario, Argentina. Albeit incomplete, Nettlau’s intellectual project not only helped shape anarchist historiography in the Americas it became one of the largest collections of anarchist documents now housed at the International Institute for Social History (IISH).