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Latin American rebels and the United States, 1806-1822 / Gordon S. Brown.
- Title
- Latin American rebels and the United States, 1806-1822 / Gordon S. Brown.
- Author
- Brown, Gordon S., 1936-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | F1412 .B818 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- v, 206 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Separatist revolts erupted in Spain's American colonies in the early 1800s. Opinion in the United States was undecided as to what position to take. U.S. strategic interests during the Napoleonic Wars dictated a policy of neutrality. Rebel agents and Spanish diplomat-spies vied behind the scenes for U.S. assets. The U.S. inadvertently became involved in their revolutionary struggle"--
- Subject
- Wars of Independence (Latin America : 1806-1830)
- 1806 - 1830
- Diplomatic relations
- Latin America > History > Wars of Independence, 1806-1830
- United States > Foreign relations > Latin America
- Latin America > Foreign relations > United States
- United States > Foreign relations > Spain
- Spain > Foreign relations > United States
- Latin America
- Spain
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Uneasy neighbors -- Contested loyalties -- The first rebel agents show up -- Filibusters, American and ømigrø -- Bringing American privateers into the fight -- More rebel schemes for armed intervention -- The rise and fall of the Republic of the Floridas -- Hindering the privateers -- Recognition or neutrality? -- Agreement with Spain -- Success is a matter of fact -- The end of the beginning.
- ISBN
- 9780786498994
- 0786498994
- 9781476620824 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2015007974
- OCLC
- 900306767
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library