Argentine Caudillo - Juan Manuel de Rosas

Argentine Caudillo: Juan Manuel de Rosas, is John Lynch's new edition of his 1981 book, shortened for classroom use. The figure of Juan Manual de Rosas dominates the history of Argentina in the first half of the nineteenth century. Charles Darwin, who met him on campaign against the Indians, described him as "a man of extraordinary character," the lord of vast estates and, for over twenty years, absolute ruler of Buenos Aires and its province. The book follows the career of Rosas as a classical caudillo, who rescued his people from fear and anarchy and delivered them into the hands of a great dictatorship. Leader of the gauchos, yet representative too of the powerful landed proprietors and cattle exporters, Rosas established an early prototype of a totalitarian state and employed systematic terror to defend his rule. Argentine Caudillo: Juan Manuel de Rosas is an excellent scholarly and objective modern history for students as well as scholars on this powerful figure in Latin America.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Lord of the Plains Chapter 2 Estanciero Chapter 3 Patron and Peon Chapter 4 An Alternative Argentina Chapter 5 Leviathan Chapter 6 The Terror Chapter 7 Hopes and Fears Chapter 8 Exit and Exile

About the author

John Lynch is emeritus professor of Latin American history at the University of London.

Product details

• Authors: John Lynch
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2001
• EAN: 9780842028981
• ISBN: 978-0-8420-2898-1
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 231 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 286 g
• Series: Latin American Silhouettes
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, Argentina, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Political leaders & leadership, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership