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Ambitious rebels : remaking honor, law, and liberalism in Venezuela, 1780-1850 / Reuben Zahler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zahler, Reuben, 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--Venezuela.
- Political participation.
- Liberalism.
- Venezuela.
- Liberalism--Venezuela.
- Political culture--Venezuela.
- Political culture.
- Venezuela--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Political science.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 330 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- "By examining everyday life in Venezuela's post-colonial period, Reuben Zahler provides a broad perspective on conditions throughout the Americas and the tension between traditional norms and new liberal standards during Venezuela's transformation from a Spanish colony to a modern republic"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- From colony to liberal republic: the enlightenment experiment
- Bureaucrats ascendant: building a regime of law
- Law versus justice: legalism in the courts
- "Patrimony of the soul": honor in the liberal republic
- Wife, mother, citizen, whore: honor and law for women
- Liberalism without a loyal opposition: the elite consensus cracks, 1830s-40s
- The poor push back.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816521128
- 0816521123
- OCLC:
- 838793038
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