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José de Bustamante and Central American independence : colonial administration in an age of imperial crisis /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hawkins, Timothy, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Bustamante y Guerra, José de, > 1759-1825.
Guatemala. > Audiencia > History > 19th century.
Central America > History > 19th century.
Government, Resistance to > Central America > History > 19th century.
Self-determination, National > Central America > History.
Table of Contents:
  • The creation of a Spanish colonial official
  • The Kingdom of Guatemala on the eve of independence
  • The imperial crisis and colonial defense, 1798-1811
  • The preservation of empire, 1811
  • The counterinsurgency state, 1812
  • The challenge of the constitution, 1813-1814
  • The restoration of absolutism, 1815-1818.