Caudillos in Spanish America, 1800-1850
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Caudillos in Spanish America, 1800-1850
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1992
Available at / 10 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The caudillo of Spanish America was both regional chieftain and, in the turbulent years of the early nineteenth century, national leader. His power base rested on ownership of land and control of armed bands. He was the rival of constitutional rulers and the precursor of modern dictators. His is a dominant figure in Latin American history. John Lynch explores the changing perception of the caudillo - bandit chief, guerrilla leader, republican hero - and examines his
multi-faceted role as regional strongman, war leader, landowner, distributor of patronage, and the `necessary gendarme' who maintained social order.
Professor Lynch traces the origins and development of the caudillo tradition, and sets it in its contemporary context. His scholarly analysis of this central theme in the history of Spanish America is underpinned by detailed case-studies of four major caudillos: Juan Manuel de Rosas (Argentina), Jose Antonio Paez (Venezuela), Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Mexico), and Rafael Carrera (Guatemala). This is an important contribution to our understanding of political and social
structures during the formative period of the nation-state in Spanish America.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Caudillos structures: precursors and premonitions
- independence - nursery of caudillos
- the new rulers
- caudillo state, nation state
- the necessary gendarme. Part 2 Caudillos careers: Juan Manuel de Rosas - Argentina 1829-1852
- Jose Antonio Paez - Venezuela 1830-1850
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna - Mexico 1821-1855
- Rafael Carrera - Guatemala 1837-1865
- the caudillo tradition in Spanish America.
by "Nielsen BookData"