Response to Revolution: Imperial Spain and the Spanish American Revolutions, 1810 1840

by Michael P. Costeloe

Book Overview

This book examines the Spanish response, military, economic and social, to the anti-imperial revolutions of Latin America in the early nineteenth century. History has for the most part concentrated on the heroic careers of the great liberators of America: but what did Spaniards themselves think of Sim n Bolivar and his fellow revolutionaries? How did they view the events in America? What policies were adopted, what were their effects on Spanish trade...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521122791
• ISBN13: 9780521122795
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"