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Author Lynch, John, 1927-2018

Title Caudillos in Spanish America, 1800-1850 / John Lynch
Published Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 468 pages) : maps
Contents List of Maps -- Abbreviations -- I Caudillo Structures (starting p. 1) -- 1 Precursors and Premonitions (starting p. 3) -- 1 Terms of Power (starting p. 3) -- 2 Estancias, Hatos, and Haciendas (starting p. 9) -- 3 Bandits and Guerrillas in the Hispanic World (starting p. 22) -- 4 Absolute Monarchy: The Sole Arbitrator (starting p. 29) -- 2 Independence: Nursery of Caudillos (starting p. 35) -- 1 Rio de la Plata: Delegates and Dissenters (starting p. 36) -- 2 The Guerrillas of Upper Peru (starting p. 44) -- 3 The Montoneros of Central Peru (starting p. 51) -- 4 Venezuela: Caudillo Prototypes (starting p. 55) -- 5 Mexico: Clerical Caudillos (starting p. 73) -- 6 The Legacy of War (starting p. 82) -- 3 The New Rulers (starting p. 84) -- 1 Caudillos and Constitutionalists in Argentina (starting p. 84) -- 2 Venezuela: From War to Peace (starting p. 99) -- 3 Mexico: Caudillos in Search of Space (starting p. 115) -- 4 Caudillo Prospects (starting p. 129) -- 4 Caudillo State, Nation-State (starting p. 132) -- 1 From Bourbon State to Caudillo State (starting p. 132) -- 2 Wartime State (starting p. 138) -- 3 From Wartime State to Nation State (starting p. 142) -- 4 Caudillo Nationalism (starting p. 148) -- 5 The Mexican Version (starting p. 159) -- 6 The Caudillos and Economic Nationalism (starting p. 168) -- 5 The Necessary Gendarme (starting p. 183) -- 1 The Typology of Caudillism (starting p. 183) -- 2 War and Social Disorder (starting p. 184) -- 3 The Imperatives of Caudillism (starting p. 188) -- 4 The Prime Protector (starting p. 194) -- 5 Patricians or Populists? (starting p. 201) -- 6 The Caudillo System of Power: Conditions and Methods (starting p. 205) -- 7 Challenge from Behind (starting p. 217) -- 8 Caudillos and Campesinos in Mexico (starting p. 226) -- 9 Caudillo Models in Spanish America (starting p. 234) -- II Caudillo Careers (starting p. 239) -- 6 Juan Manuel de Rosas: Argentina 1829-1852 (starting p. 241) -- 1 The Making of a Caudillo (starting p. 241) -- 2 Conservative Dictator (starting p. 250) -- 3 Personal Government (starting p. 254) -- 4 Crisis and Collapse (starting p. 263) -- 5 The Rosas Model (starting p. 273) -- 7 Joke Antonio Paez: Venezuela 1830-1850 (starting p. 275) -- 1 Preparations for Power (starting p. 275) -- 2 President and Protector (starting p. 286) -- 3 Caudillo of the Oligarchy (starting p. 299) -- 4 Caudillo in Defeat (starting p. 305) -- 8 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna: Mexico 1821-1855 (starting p. 316) -- 1 Mexican Hero (starting p. 316) -- 2 Patron and Proprietor (starting p. 326) -- 3 Absentee Caudillo (starting p. 334) -- 4 El Hombre Necesario (starting p. 349) -- 5 Variations of Leadership (starting p. 362) -- 9 Rafael Carrera: Guatemala 1837-1865 (starting p. 365) -- 1 People's Leader (starting p. 365) -- 2 The Revolution of Mita (starting p. 371) -- 3 King of the Indians (starting p. 381) -- 4 Caudillo and President (starting p. 390) -- 5 Popular Caudillism, Conservative Caudillism (starting p. 396) -- 10 The Caudillo Tradition in Spanish America (starting p. 402) -- 1 Origins and Growth (starting p. 402) -- 2 The Caudillo in Political Theory (starting p. 411) -- 3 The Three Ages of Dictatorship (starting p. 425) -- 4 The Shadow of Caudillism (starting p. 433) -- Bibliography (starting p. 439) -- Glossary (starting p. 456) -- Index (starting p. 458)
Summary This text traces the origins and development of the caudillo tradition, with studies of four major caudillos: Juan Manuel de Rosas (Argentina), Jose Antonio Paez (Venezuela), Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Mexico) and Rafael Carrera (Guatemala)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-455) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Rosas, Juan Manuel de, 1793-1877
Páez, José Antonio, 1790-1873.
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876
Carrera, Rafael, 1814-1865.
SUBJECT Carrera, Rafael, 1814-1865 fast
Páez, José Antonio, 1790-1873 fast
Rosas, Juan Manuel de, 1793-1877 fast
Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794-1876 fast
Subject Caudillos -- Latin America -- History -- 19th century
Caudillos
Politics and government
SUBJECT Latin America -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89000579
Subject Latin America
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 91033744
ISBN 9786610801831
6610801835
9780191678189
019167818X