The Wars of Independence in Spanish America / Christon I. Archer, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Archer, Christon I., 1940-

Series:

Jaguar books on Latin America ; no. 20.

Jaguar books on Latin America ; no. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colonies.

Administration.

Insurgency.

History.

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

Latin America.

Insurgency--Latin America--History--19th century.

Spain--Colonies--America--Administration.

Spain.

America.

Physical Description:

xiii, 325 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 2000.

Summary:

Wars of Independence in Spanish America offers a lucid assessment of the heritage of the independence struggle. The volume examines the revolutions, civil wars, campaigns, guerrilla struggles, insurgencies, counterinsurgencies, guerrilla campaigns, and interventions. The approach is thematic rather than geographical and the introduction draws together comparative and contrasting themes. Selected from recent books and articles, the selections are complemented with pieces from earlier historians, contemporary travellers, foreign army officers, and key statements by participants from different backgrounds.

Wars of Independence illustrates themes connected with the origins of the wars, the fifteen years or more of violence which differed according to region, and the political, economic and social contexts of the struggle. Finally, the book examines the product of the wars -- and illustrates the difficulties for the new nations.

Contents:

I The Origins: Revolt, Insurrection, Uprising, and Reaction

Introduction: Setting the Scene for an Age of Warfare / Christon I. Archer 3

1 Popular Insurrection and Royalist Reaction: Colombian Regions, 1810-1823 / Brian R. Hamnett 43

II Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in New Spain

2 Jose Nemesio Vazquez: An Insurgent Courier, 1812-1816 / Virginia Guedea 75

3 Political-Military Regulations That Must Be Observed, New Spain, 1811 / Felix Calleja 87

4 The War of Independence in Guerrero, New Spain, 1808-1821 / Peter F. Guardino 93

5 An Update for the Minister of War on the Military Occurrences of the Kingdom of New Spain During the Month of March 1818 / Viceroy Juan Ruiz De Apodaca 141

III Caudillismo, War, and Insurgency in South America

6 The Commencement of the Revolution in Venezuela / Major George Flinter 163

7 Aspects of the Civil State of the Castas of Venezuela That Shall Be the Object of Improvement to Prevent Potential Ills and Unrest, 1815 / Jose de Cevallos 179

8 Two Opposing Views of Simon Bolivar / General Daniel Florencio O'Leary, General H. L. V. Ducoundray Holstein 187

9 Pablo Morillo, the War, and the Riego Revolt / Stephen K. Stoan 213

10 The Guayaquil Conference and Bolivar's Relations with Peru, 1822 / General Daniel Florencio O'Leary 243

IV The Defeat of Spain in the Americas

11 Chaos and the Military Solution: The Fall of Royalist Peru / Timothy E. Anna 259

12 "A Grave for Europeans"? Disease, Death, and the Spanish-American Revolutions / Rebecca Earle 283

13 The Spanish Army and the Loss of America, 1810-1824 / Margaret L. Woodward 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0842024689

0842024697

OCLC:

42296077