Wars of Independence in Spanish America

This volume of readings examines the revolutions, civil wars, guerrilla struggles, insurgencies, counter-insurgencies, and interventions of this period. Offering a solid perspective on the Independence period, The Wars of Independence is an excellent text for Latin American survey courses and courses focusing on the colonial era.

Sommario

Chapter 1 Popular Insurrection and Royalist Reaction: Colombian Regions, 1810-1823 Chapter 2 José Nemesio Vázquez: An Insurgent Courier, 1812-1816 Chapter 3 Political-Military Regulations that Must be Observed, New Spain, 1811 Chapter 4 The War of Independence in Guerrero, New Spain, 1808-1821 Chapter 5 An update for the Minister of War on the Military Occurrences of the Kingdom of New Spain during the Month of March, 1818 Chapter 6 The Commencement of the Revolution in Venezuela Chapter 7 Aspects of the Civil State of the Castas of Venezuela that Shall be the Object of Improvement to Prevent Potential Ills and Unrest, 1815 Chapter 8 Two Opposing Views of Simón Bolivar Chapter 9 Pablo Morillo, the War, and the Riego Revolt Chapter 10 The Guayaquil Conference and Bolívar's Relations with Peru, 1822 Chapter 11 Chaos and the Military Solution: The Fall of Royalist Peru Chapter 12 "A Grave for Europeans?" Disease, Death, and the Spanish-American Revolutions Chapter 13 The Spanish Army and the Loss of America, 1810-1824

Info autore

Christon I. Archer is professor in the department of History at the University of Calgary.

Riassunto

This volume of readings examines the revolutions, civil wars, guerrilla struggles, insurgencies, counter-insurgencies, and interventions of this period. Offering a solid perspective on the Independence period, The Wars of Independence is an excellent text for Latin American survey courses and courses focusing on the colonial era.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Christon I. Archer
• Con la collaborazione di: Christon Archer (Editore), Christon I Archer (Editore), Christon I. Archer (Editore), Archer Christon I. (Editore), William H. Beezley (Editore), Colin M. Maclachlan (Editore)
• Editore: Rowman & Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.03.2000
• EAN: 9780842024693
• ISBN: 978-0-8420-2469-3
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Peso: 458 g
• Serie: Jaguar Books on Latin America; Jaguar Books on Latin America
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; South America, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence