Pre-Revolutionary Caracas: Politics, Economy, and Society 1777-1811

by P. Michael McKinley

Almost invariably, late-colonial Caracas has been described as a society full of tensions and a colony at odds with the imperial order. This study, in contrast, portrays a colony, which grew, prospered and matured within the confines of Empire. It depicts the late 1700s as the golden age of caraque o colonial society and suggests that it was no accident that this late renaissance created an environment which bred the self-confident men who led much...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052152704X
• ISBN13: 9780521527040
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"