The Independence of Latin America / edited by Leslie Bethell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bethell, Leslie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--History--Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.

Latin America.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 261 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.

Summary:

The Independence of Latin America is a selection of chapters from the Cambridge History of Latin America Volume 3. The first chapter deals with the origins of independence from Spain; the next two consider the struggle for independence in Mexico and Central America and in Spanish South America. The independence of Brazil is discussed in a separate chapter, while the final chapters examine the relationship of the newly independent countries with the rest of the world and the role of the Church in the independence of Latin America.

Notes:

"Previously published as part of volume III of the Cambridge history of Latin America ... 1985"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

"Bibliographic essays": pages 233-251.

ISBN:

0521341280

0521349273

OCLC:

15015590