Part 1 Caudillos structures: precursors and premonitions; independence - nursery of caudillos; the new rulers; caudillo state, nation state; the necessary gendarme. Part 2 Caudillos careers: Juan Manuel de Rosas - Argentina 1829-1852; Jose Antonio Paez - Venezuela 1830-1850; Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna - Mexico 1821-1855; Rafael Carrera - Guatemala 1837-1865; the caudillo tradition in Spanish America.
'important and original book ... Lynch is better equipped than many
of today's narrowly focused historians to tackle this grand and
complex theme ... Throughout this absorbing book, Lynch mixes grand
themes and illuminating details. As a "top-down" study of the
caudillos of early republican Spanish America, it is original,
wide-ranging, and suggestive, a major contribution to Latin
American historiography which is all the more valuable in that
it
illuminates a particularly murky period of the continent's
history.'
Times Literary Supplement
'This volume, as a broad, structured presentation, undoubtedly is
the best book on caudillismo that we now have. Lynch's research is
impressive ... The book is written in a brisk, remarkably concise,
often aphoristic prose. And the analysis is generally persuasive.
Lynch has provided us with a magisterial interpretation of great
breadth, which will help greatly to structure our understanding of
caudillismo, but at the same time is likely
to stimulate new discussion.'
Frank Safford, Northwestern University, Latin American Studies,
Volume 25
'John Lynch has written another important book on Spain and its
former colonies. With its insightful biographies and critiques of
the literature, Caudillos in Spanish America improves our
understanding of political instability throughout the
continent.'
Charles Walker, University of California at Davis, Bulletin of
Latin American Research
'Lynch's study is an important contribution to our understanding of
the formative period of the nation-state in Spanish America and
subsequent oligarchic dictatorships that challenged traditional
caudillismo.'
Colonial Latin American Historical Review, Spring 1993
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