Table of Contents

Preface to the English edition; Introduction; 1. Spanish America; 2. Revolution in the Spanish World; 3. The Birth of Representative Government; 4. Civil War in America; 5. Independence; Conclusion.

Promotional Information

This book provides a new interpretation of Spanish American independence, emphasising political processes.

Reviews

"Sweeping in its analysis of the versatile political traditions that apparently spannes the far-flung Spanish monarchy, The Independence of Spanish America remains unusual among books of its class for its tandem focus on the examples of New Spain (Mexico) and Quito (Ecuador), and for successfully resisting 'the assumption that what occurred had to happen.'" Choice "Jaime E. Rodrieguez O.'s comprehensively researched account of the independence period in Spanish America is the most important work of synthesis on the subject since John Lynch's The Spanish American Revolutions 1808-1826(1973). His careful narrative of the events of the independence period...can certainly be recommended to anyone approaching the subject for the first time." Simon Collier, American Historical Review "...Rodriguez provides an excellent melding of intellectual, legal, constitutional, and political aspects of the dissolution of the Spanish Monarchy and the birth of its first national successors." The International History Review