Caudillo of the Andes - Andres De Santa Cruz

Informationen zum Autor Natalia Sobrevilla Perea is Lecturer in Hispanic Studies at the University of Kent. She has published widely on the political, social and intellectual history of Peru and the Andes and is currently leading a project to digitize nineteenth-century newspapers in regional archives in Peru, funded by the British Library. Dr Sobrevilla Perea was previously a pre-doctoral Fellow and then a lecturer at Yale University. The story of Andr?'s de Santa Cruz, who lived during the turbulent transition from Spanish colonial rule to the founding of Peru and Bolivia. Zusammenfassung Born in La Paz in 1792, Andrés de Santa Cruz lived through the turbulent times that led to independence across Latin America. The story of his life introduces students to broader questions of nationality and identity during this turbulent transition from Spanish colonial rule to the founding of Peru and Bolivia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Early years at the twilight of the colonial period; 2. Great Marshall of Zepita: hero of independence; 3. The creation of Bolivia; 4. The genesis of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation; 5. The rise and fall of the Peru-Bolivia Confederation; 6. Defeat and exile; Epilogue.

Product details

• Authors: Natalia Sobrevilla Perea, Natalia Sobrevilla Perea
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2011
• EAN: 9780521719964
• ISBN: 978-0-521-71996-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: New Approaches to the Americas; New Approaches to the Americas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Peru, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Bolivia, History of the Americas