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Americanos : Latin America's struggle for independence / John Charles Chasteen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chasteen, John Charles, 1955-
- Series:
- Pivotal moments in world history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Autonomy and independence movements.
- Latin America--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
- Latin America.
- Latin America--History--Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
- Latin America--History--1830-1898.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 218 pages : maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Why Americanos?
- Discovering América, 1799-1805
- Pillars of the crown, 1806-1810
- Not-so-civil wars, 1810-1812
- A lost cause?, 1812-1815
- Independence won, 1816-1824
- Nation building begins, 1825-1840
- Epilogue : the legacy endures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195178814
- 0195178815
- OCLC:
- 155715239
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