Response to revolution : imperial Spain and the spanish american revolutions, 1810-1840 / Michael P. Costeloe

Costeloe, Michael P.

Response to revolution : imperial Spain and the spanish american revolutions, 1810-1840 / Michael P. Costeloe - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009 - XIII, 272 p. ; 23 cm - Cambridge iberian and latin american studies .

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Bibliografía: p. 257-266

This book examines the Spanish response, military, economic and social, to the anti-imperial revolutions of Latin America in the early nineteenth century. History has for the most part concentrated on the heroic careers of the great liberators of America: but what did Spaniards themselves think of Simon Bolivar and his fellow revolutionaries? How did they view the events in America? What policies were adopted, what were their effects on Spanish trade and the merchants who conducted it, and what action did Spain take to meet American demands or to suppress them? It is with these and many related questions that this study is concerned. Analysing a broad spectrum of Spanish opinion which reflects the views of politicians, diplomats, merchants, journalists, the military and others, Professor Costeloe explains how Spaniards responded to revolution and how in retrospect, in the aftermath of defeat, they regarded the end of their nation's long role as a major imperial power. ÍNDICE: Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. An introduction; 2. Revolution: the view from Spain; 3. The military solution; 4. The logistics of reconquest; 5. Economic and commercial reform; 6. The aftermath of imperial decline; 7. A new relationship; 8. The diplomatic initiative; Epilogue; Notes; Sources and works cited; Index

978-0-521-12279-5


América latina--Historia--1806-1830, Guerras de la Independencia
América Latina--Relaciones--España

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