Bourbon Peru 1750-1824 / Fisher, John

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, John, author.

Series:

Liverpool Latin American studies ; 4

Liverpool Latin American Studies 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages)

Other Title:

Liverpool University Press Opening the Future.

Place of Publication:

4 Cambridge Street, Liverpool L69 7ZU Liverpool University Press 2003

Summary:

By considering Bourbon Peru in a chronological framework which begins at mid-century rather than 1700, this book focuses the reader's attention on the key issue of the relationship between colonial reform in the late eighteenth century and the creation of an independent Peruvian state in the 1820s. Fisher sets out some uncluttered responses to this question, emphasising continuities between the two forms of regime rather than change. The author's arguments are underpinned by a comprehensive review of the major elements of Peru's economic, social and political development for the half century from 1750. The study concludes with a detailed analysis of the independence period (1810-1824) which unlike many previous studies, provides a detailed interpretation of unrest in the highlands of royalist Peru, the dying days of the viceroyalty under Jose de la Serna (1821-1824) in Cusco, and the attempts to reach a negotiated settlement with the patriots under Jose de San Martin. Bourbon Peru i... Publisher description

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Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

9781781386217

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access