Simon Bolivar - Essays on the Life and Legacy of the Liberator

Informationen zum Autor David Bushnell is professor emeritus at the University of Florida. Lester D. Langley is professor emeritus at the University of Georgia. Klappentext In this volume of essays on the life and legacy of Simón Bolívar, a distinguished group of historians takes a fresh look at the impact of "the Liberator" as warrior, political thinker and leader, internationalist, continentalist, reformer, and revolutionary. A balanced yet critical appraisal of Bolívar's role in the Spanish American wars of independence, this in-depth collection offers a persuasive explanation of why the Bolívarian legend and cult has persisted. Zusammenfassung Dealing with the life of Sim-n Bol'var! this book looks at the impact of the Liberator as warrior! political thinker and leader! internationalist! continentalist! reformer! and revolutionary. Presenting an appraisal of Bol'var's role in the Spanish-American wars of independence! it offers an explanation of why the Bol'varian legend has persisted. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction Simón Bolívar: A Chronology Part I: The Political and Social Thinker Chapter 1: Simón Bolívar as Political Thinker Chapter 2: Bolívar's Atlantic World Diplomacy Chapter 3: Bolívar, Englishman: Elite Responsibility and Social Reform in Spanish American Independence Part II: The Political Actor Chapter 4: Simón Bolívar and Andrés Bello: The Republican Ideal Chapter 5: Bolívar as Triumphal State-maker and Despairing Democrat: Origins of Party Polarization in Colombia Part III: The Hemispheric Agenda Chapter 6: The Image of Bolívar in the United States Chapter 7: The United States as Seen by Simón Bolívar Part IV: The Legacy Chapter 8: Bolívar and the Future of Democracy Chapter 9: The Hidden Legacy of Simón Bolívar Epilogue History and Our Heroes: The Bolívar Legend Beginning to Read about Bolívar

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• Authors: David Bushnell, David (EDT)/ Langley Bushnell, David Langley Bushnell, Lester D. Langley
• Assisted by: David Bushnell (Editor), Lester D. Langley (Editor), Langley Lester D. (Editor), Fiering Norman (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2008
• EAN: 9780742556195
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5619-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Latin American Silhouettes; Latin American Silhouettes (Ha; Latin American Silhouettes
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; South America, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas, Latin American studies