Independence and nation-building in Latin America race and identity in the crucible of war / Scott Eastman and Natalia Sobrevilla Perea.
| Author/creator | Eastman, Scott, 1971- |
| Other author | Sobrevilla Perea, Natalia. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. |
| Description | xxix, 158 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Independence & nation-building in Latin America |
| Portion of title | Race and identity in the crucible of war |
| Series | Seminar studies Seminar studies in history. ^A305546 |
| Partial contents | Colonialism, enlightenment, and reform -- Sovereignty and insurgency in the revolutionary Atlantic -- The 1814 restoration -- Total war -- Loyalism, monarchy, and constitutionalism in America -- Nations-in-the-making : the Republican tradition in Latin America -- Postcolonialism. |
| Abstract | Independence and Nation-Building in Latin America: Race and Identity in the Crucible of War reconceptualizes the history of the break-up of colonial empires in Spanish and Portuguese America. In doing so, the authors critically examine competing interpretations and bring to light the most recent scholarship on social, cultural, and political aspects of the period. Did American rebels clearly push for independence, or did others truly advocate autonomy within weakened monarchical systems? Rather than glorify rebellions and "patriots," the authors begin by emphasizing patterns of popular loyalism in the midst of a fracturing Spanish state. In contrast, a slave-based economy and a relocated imperial court provided for relative stability in Portuguese Brazil. Chapters pay attention to the competing claims of a variety of social and political figures at the time across the variegated regions of Central and South America and the Caribbean. Furthermore, while elections and the rise of a new political culture are explored in some depth, questions are raised over whether or not a new liberal consensus had taken hold. Through translated primary sources and cogent analysis, the text provides an update to conventional accounts that focus on politics, the military, and an older paradigm of Creole-peninsular friction and division. Previously marginalized actors, from Indigenous peoples to free people of color, often take center-stage. This concise and accessible text will appeal to scholars, students, and all those interested in Latin American History and Revolutionary History. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781000607703 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022289464 |
| ISBN | 0367820722 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 9780367820725 (hbk) |
| ISBN | 0367820714 (pbk) |
| ISBN | 9780367820718 (pbk) |
| ISBN | (ePub ebook) |
| ISBN | (PDF ebook) |
| ISBN | (ebk) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |