Paisanos : The Irish and the Liberation of Latin America /
"In the early nineteenth century, thousands of volunteers left Ireland behind to join the fight for South American independence. Lured by the promise of adventure, fortune, and the opportunity to take a stand against colonialism, they braved the treacherous Atlantic crossing to join the ranks o...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Notre Dame, Indiana :
University of Notre Dame Press,
2018.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Geese
- Remaking the New World
- A new model army
- The King of Peru
- Spain under siege
- The propagandist priest
- Merchants, sailors, soldiers, spies
- Revolution
- The battle for the River Plate
- General O'Higgins
- Bolívar's Irish volunteers
- The Hibernian regiment and the Irish Legion
- Death in the Andes
- The San Patricios
- The kingdom of God
- Home
- After the revolution
- The 'new Erin'
- Making history
- The 'spiritual empire'.