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Independence in Latin America : CONTRASTS AND COMPARISONS /

"In the course of fifteen momentous years, the Spanish- and the Portuguese-American empires that had endured for three centuries came to an end in the mid-1820s. How did this come about? Not all Latin Americans desired such a change, and the independence wars were civil wars, often cruel and al...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Graham, Richard, 1934-
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Edition:THIRD edition.
Series:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Colonies in flux
  • Reactions to change
  • Toward war
  • The first war of independence, 1810-1816
  • The second war of independence, 1815-1825
  • What changed?