Figures, Maps and Tables p. viii
Preface p. ix
Abbreviations p. xiii
Introduction p. 1
1. The Context for Adventure p. 13
2 The Terrain of Adventure in Gran Columbia p. 39
3 The Practicalities of Adventure p. 61
4 Negotiating Honour p. 81
5 Nations and Armies p. 110
6 Race, Slavery and Abolitionism p. 133
7 Veteran Soldiers and the State p. 156
8 Settling In p. 173
9 After Adventure p. 202
Conclusion p. 214
Glossary p. 221
Bibliography p. 223
Index p. 259
Matthew Brown is a Lecturer in Latin American Studies, University of Bristol.
This is a very enjoyable book to read, full of surprising and suggestive insights. Perhaps most importantly, it is an interpretation that adds complexity, and nuances, to long-standing historiographical views of British involvement in the Spanish American Wars of Independence, of early Spanish American concepts of nationhood and ethnicity, and of the impact these adventurers' actions had in the region. ... this is a noteworthy contribution Many people have tried to write this book, but Matthew Brown finally has done it properly. It is a work of astonishing ambition and considerable labor and, through his new methodology, the author arrived at some surprising conclusions. Adventuring through Spanish colonies is an ambitious and successful book. In short, this book is a much needed corrective to earlier, more speculative accounts of the British and Irish recruits in Gran Colombia's independence armies.
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