State and society in Spanish America during the Age of Revolution / edited by Victor M. Uribe-Uran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Uribe Urán, Victor.

Series:

Latin American silhouettes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--History--18th century.

Latin America.

History.

Latin America--History--19th century.

Latin America--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Latin America--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xxi, 261 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Wilmington, Del. : SR Books, 2001.

Summary:

State and Society in Spanish America during the Age of Revolution calls into question the orthodox split of Latin American history into colonial and modern, arguing that this split obscures significant economic, social, and even political continuities from 1780 to 1850. The book covers an unconventional period-1750 to 1850-and looks at the continuities over this longer, more comprehensive timespan. The essays discuss late colonial and postcolonial developments in gender, racial, class, and cultural relations across Latin America and in specific regions, including Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile. By bridging these two eras and looking at the "Age of Democratic Revolution" as a whole, the book allows readers to see the coming of Latin America's struggle for independence from Spain and Portugal and the changes after independence. Written by established Latin American scholars as well as up-and-coming historians, these essays are published in this volume for the first time. This book is ideal for courses on Latin American history, including colonial history, national history, and the "Age of Revolution."

Contents:

Introduction

Beating a Dead Horse? / Victor M. Uribe-Uran xi

I The Region's Political Economy

1 Latin America Was Behind: The Economic Background of Independence / Samuel Amaral, Richard Doringo 3

2 "Dutch Disease" and Other (Dis) Continuities in Latin American History, 1780-1850 / Richard J. Salvucci 31

II Elites, State Building, and Business

3 The Changing Meaning of Honor, Status, and Class: The Letrados and Bureaucrats of New Granada in the Late Colonial and Early Postcolonial Period / Victor M. Uribe-Uran 59

4 Doing Business in the Age of Revolution: The Major Import-Export Merchants of Chile / Marti Lamar 89

III Gender and Family Relations

5 Marriage and Family Relations in Mexico during the Transition from Colony to Nation / Sonya Lipsett-Rivera 121

6 Gender Ideology, Race, and Female-Headed Households in Urban Mexico, 1750-1850 / Elizabeth Anne Kuznesof 149

IV Ideologies, Values, and Cultural Practices

7 Patriotic Footwork: Social Dance and the Watershed of Independence in Buenos Aires / John Charles Chasteen 173

8 Constructing the City, Constructing the State: Architecture and Political Transition in Urban Argentina, 1810-1860 / Mark D. Szuchman 193

Conclusion

Was There an Age of Revolution in Spanish America? / Eric Van Young 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0842028730

0842028749

OCLC:

44592680