The Independence of Spanish America

ISBN-13: 9780521626736 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 296 str.

Jaime E. Rodriguez; Alan Knight

Opis

This book provides a new interpretation of the process of Spanish American independence (1808-1826); one that emphasizes political processes and cultural continuities, instead of the break with Spain. It is the first book to examine the representative government and popular elections introduced by the Spanish Constitution of 1812. Rodriguez O. argues that independence did not constitute an anticolonial movement, as many scholars assert, but rather formed part of the broader Spanish political revolution. In America, supporters of the government in Spain struggled with local juntas for control.

Recenzje

"...Rodríguez provides an excellent melding of intellectual, legal, constitutional, and political aspects of the dissolution of the Spanish Monarchy and the birth of its first national successors." The International History Review

Spis treści

Preface to the English edition; Introduction; 1. Spanish America; 2. Revolution in the Spanish World; 3. The Birth of Representative Government; 4. Civil War in America; 5. Independence; Conclusion.