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Author : Robert Harvey
Release : 2002-06-05
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 844/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Liberators by : Robert Harvey
Download or read book Liberators written by Robert Harvey. This book was released on 2002-06-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the lives and deaths of the seven Liberators, the men who led Latin America's fight for independence and won it in a span of only twenty years after three centuries of Spanish domination.
Author : Leslie Bethell
Release : 1987-05-07
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 277/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Independence of Latin America by : Leslie Bethell
Download or read book The Independence of Latin America written by Leslie Bethell. This book was released on 1987-05-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin America's quest for independence is revealed through the national struggles of Mexico, Spanish Central and South America, and Brazil. Excerpted from the Cambridge History of Latin America.
Author : Catherine Davies
Release : 2006-01-01
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 27X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis South American Independence by : Catherine Davies
Download or read book South American Independence written by Catherine Davies. This book was released on 2006-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining women writers from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Colombia, this book traces the contradictions inherent in revolutionary movements that, while arguing for the rights of all, remained ambivalent, at best, about the place of women. It reveals the complex role of women in shaping the vexed ideologies of independence.
Author : John Chasteen
Release : 2008
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 815/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Americanos by : John Chasteen
Download or read book Americanos written by John Chasteen. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1808, world history took a decisive turn when Napoleon occupied Spain and Portugal, a European event that had lasting repercussions more than half the world away, sparking a series of revolutions throughout the Spanish and Portuguese empires of the New World. These wars for independence resulted eventually in the creation of nineteen independent Latin American republics.Here is an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin American wars of independence. Proceeding almost cinematically, scene by vivid scene, John Charles Chasteen introduces the reader to lead players, basic concepts, key events, and dominant trends, braided together in a single, taut narrative. He vividly depicts the individuals and events of those tumultuous years. Here are the famous leaders--Simon Bolivar, Jose de San Martin, and Bernardo O'Higgins, Father Hidalgo and Father Morelos, and many others. Here too are lesser known Americanos: patriot women such as Manuela Saenz, Leona Vicario, Mariquita Sanchez, Juana Azurduy, and Policarpa Salavarrieta, indigenous rebels such as Mateo Pumacahua, and African-descended generals such as Vicente Guerrero and Manuel Piar. Chasteen captures the gathering forces for independence, the clashes of troops and decisions of leaders, and the rich, elaborate tapestry of Latin American societies as they embraced nationhood. By the end of the period, the leaders of Latin American independence would embrace classical liberal principles--particularly popular sovereignty and self-determination--and permanently expanding the global reach of Western political values.Today, most of the world's oldest functioning republics are Latin American. And yet, Chasteen observes, many suffer from a troubled political legacy that dates back to their birth. In this book, he illuminates this legacy, even as he illustrates how the region's dramatic struggle for independence points unmistakably forward in world history.
Author : Jaime E. Rodríguez O.
Release : 1998-05-13
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 736/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Independence of Spanish America by : Jaime E. Rodríguez O.
Download or read book The Independence of Spanish America written by Jaime E. Rodríguez O.. This book was released on 1998-05-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a new interpretation of Spanish American independence, emphasising political processes.
