Deconstructing legitimacy : viceroys, merchants, and the military in late colonial Peru / Patricia H. Marks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marks, Patricia H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil-military relations.

History.

Political culture.

Merchants.

Legitimacy of governments.

Economic conditions.

Autonomy and independence movements.

Peru--History--War of Independence, 1820-1829.

Peru.

Peru--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Peru--Economic conditions--19th century.

Legitimacy of governments--Peru.

Merchants--Peru--Lima--History--19th century.

Political culture--Peru--History--19th century.

Civil-military relations--Peru--History--19th century.

Peru--Lima.

Physical Description:

x, 403 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2007]

Summary:

The overthrow of Viceroy Joaqun de la Pezuela on 29 January 1821 has not received much attention from historians, who have tended to view it as a simple military uprising. Yet in this careful study of the episode, based on deep archival research, Patricia Marks reveals it to be a pivotal event in the emerging commercial conflict between liberal free-traders and protectionists that retarded the establishment of a stable national state in post-independence Peru. The overthrow of the viceroy thereby may be seen as an early manifestation of Latin American praetorianism, in which a particular sector of the civilian population, unable to prevail politically and unwilling to compromise, pressures army officers to act in order to save the state.

Contents:

City of kings, city of commerce

Bourbon reformers and the merchants of Lima

Sabotaging reform

Preventing independence

The free-trade dispute

Merchants, the military, and the disintegration of Pezuela's authority

The Pronunciamiento and its aftermath

Legitimacy and the salvation of the state.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-388) and index.

ISBN:

9780271032092

027103209X

OCLC:

85485023