Revolution and Independence in Latin America
Title | Revolution and Independence in Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Meredith Day |
Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 2015-07-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1680480316 |
Between 1808 and 1826, all of mainland Latin America became independent from Spain and Portugal, the colonial powers that had ruled the region for three centuries. Undesirable economic restrictions and a caste system that favored those born in Europe made the conditions for revolution ripe in the Americas. Combined with the actions of insightful leaders-most notably Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin-Latin American independence was all but guaranteed. This title explores the revolutions, their historical causes, and the new nations' ensuing struggles, providing invaluable context for understanding the culture, politics, and social identity of the region today."
Liberators
Title | Liberators PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Harvey |
Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2002-06-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781585672844 |
Describes the lives and deaths of the seven Liberators, the men who led Latin America's fight for independence and won it in a span of only twenty years after three centuries of Spanish domination.
The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History PDF eBook |
Author | Jose C. Moya |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 551 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0195166205 |
This Oxford Handbook comprehensively examines the field of Latin American history.
Latin American Independence
Title | Latin American Independence PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah C. Chambers |
Publisher | Hackett Publishing |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 087220863X |
"Rarely has the story of Latin American independence been told so richly and with such a plurality of voices. Chambers and Chasteen have expertly woven a comprehensive yet accessible historical tapestry of primary sources to tell the story of the Wars for Independence. The editors recover fascinating, lesser-known voices---many of which appear in English for the first time here---and situate them alongside canonical sources in rewarding and surprising ways. This is an indispensable resource for students and scholars alike, and an invitation to critically rethink the multiple meanings and resonance of Latin American independence." Christopher Conway, The University of Texas at Arlington "This magnificent collection gives voice to the many peoples---women and men, Blacks and Whites, natives and newcomers---who watched, fought, fled, and most especially put pen to paper as the Iberian empires broke up. All of them bring history to life. The introductions to each document, themselves valuable little essays, will guide even the untutored through the complex labyrinth of Latin America's first revolutions." Jeremy Adelman, Princeton University Maps and illustrations are included, as are a chronology of the Wars for Independence, suggestions for further reading, and a thorough index.
The Independence of Latin America
Title | The Independence of Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Bethell |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 1987-05-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521349277 |
Latin America's quest for independence is revealed through the national struggles of Mexico, Spanish Central and South America, and Brazil. Excerpted from the Cambridge History of Latin America.
The Ideology of Creole Revolution
Title | The Ideology of Creole Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Joshua Simon |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2017-06-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107158478 |
This book explores the surprising similarities in the political ideas of the American and Latin American independence movements.
Our Sister Republics: The United States in an Age of American Revolutions
Title | Our Sister Republics: The United States in an Age of American Revolutions PDF eBook |
Author | Caitlin Fitz |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 319 |
Release | 2016-07-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0871407655 |
Winner of the James H. Broussard First Book Prize PROSE Award in U.S. History (Honorable Mention) A major new interpretation recasts U.S. history between revolution and civil war, exposing a dramatic reversal in sympathy toward Latin American revolutions. In the early nineteenth century, the United States turned its idealistic gaze southward, imagining a legacy of revolution and republicanism it hoped would dominate the American hemisphere. From pulsing port cities to Midwestern farms and southern plantations, an adolescent nation hailed Latin America’s independence movements as glorious tropical reprises of 1776. Even as Latin Americans were gradually ending slavery, U.S. observers remained energized by the belief that their founding ideals were triumphing over European tyranny among their “sister republics.” But as slavery became a violently divisive issue at home, goodwill toward antislavery revolutionaries waned. By the nation’s fiftieth anniversary, republican efforts abroad had become a scaffold upon which many in the United States erected an ideology of white U.S. exceptionalism that would haunt the geopolitical landscape for generations. Marshaling groundbreaking research in four languages, Caitlin Fitz defines this hugely significant, previously unacknowledged turning point in U.S. history.