Research Catalog

Title

Independence in Spanish America : civil wars, revolutions, and underdevelopment / Jay Kinsbruner.

Author

Kinsbruner, Jay.

Publication

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2000], ©2000.

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Description

xxiii, 187 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 23 cm.

Summary

• "Sixteen nations emerged from the violent and cataclysmic wars of independence in Spanish America in the early nineteenth century. In overturning Spain's control of the Americas, such great military leaders as Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin unleashed both civil wars and revolutions between 1810 and 1824. The liberators set themselves up to govern the new states they created but quickly failed as rulers. They succumbed, in part, to change resulting from independence itself - a new political order.".
• "Clearly laid out in this book is an insightful interpretation of a pivotal era in world history. The turbulent history of the independence movements is set forth with attention to key figures and their ideologies, regional differences, and the legacy of the wars of independence."--BOOK JACKET.

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Uniform Title

Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)

Subject

• Self-determination, National > Latin America > History
• Latin America > History > To 1830

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-181) and index.

Contents

1. By Way of Introduction -- 2. The Causes of Independence -- 3. The Late Colonial Revolts and Protests -- 4. The First Phase of the Independence Movements -- 5. The Second Phase of the Independence Movements -- 6. The Independence Leaders as Liberals -- 7. The Problems of Independence -- 8. Conclusion.

ISBN

0826321771 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

99038403

OCLC

• ocm41892243
• SCSB-5926837

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries