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Americanos : Latin America's struggle for independence /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chasteen, John Charles, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Pivotal moments in world history.
Subjects:
Latin America > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Latin America > History > Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
Latin America > History > 1830-1898.
Table of Contents:
  • Why Americanos?
  • Discovering América, 1799-1805
  • Pillars of the crown, 1806-1810
  • Not-so-civil wars, 1810-1812
  • A lost cause?, 1812-1815
  • Independence won, 1816-1824
  • Nation building begins, 1825-1840
  • Epilogue : the legacy endures.