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A premier volume in Oxford''s Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin American wars of independence. Proceeding almost cinematically, scene by vivid scene, John Charles Chasteen introduces the reader to lead players, basic concepts, key events, and dominant trends, braided together in a single, taut narrative. He vividly depicts the individuals and events of those tumultuous years, capturing the gathering forces for independence, the clashes of troops and decisions of leaders, and the rich, elaborate tapestry of Latin American societies as they embraced nationhood.

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Americanos is never dull or stodgy. On the contrary, it sometimes gives the giddy feeling of one-damn-thing-after-another. * Hugh O'Shaughnessy, New Statesman *

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Preface ; Discovering America, 1799-1805 ; Pillars of the Crown, 1806-1810 ; Not-so-Civil Wars, 1810-1812 ; A Lost Cause?, 1812-1815 ; Independence Won, 1816-1824 ; Nation-Building Begins, 1824-1850

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 1/28/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780195392364
      978-0195392364
      ISBN-10 0195392361
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      Military History

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A premier volume in Oxford''s Pivotal Moments in World History series, Americanos offers an engagingly written, compact history of the Latin American wars of independence. Proceeding almost cinematically, scene by vivid scene, John Charles Chasteen introduces the reader to lead players, basic concepts, key events, and dominant trends, braided together in a single, taut narrative. He vividly depicts the individuals and events of those tumultuous years, capturing the gathering forces for independence, the clashes of troops and decisions of leaders, and the rich, elaborate tapestry of Latin American societies as they embraced nationhood.

      Trade Review
      Americanos is never dull or stodgy. On the contrary, it sometimes gives the giddy feeling of one-damn-thing-after-another. * Hugh O'Shaughnessy, New Statesman *

      Table of Contents
      Preface ; Discovering America, 1799-1805 ; Pillars of the Crown, 1806-1810 ; Not-so-Civil Wars, 1810-1812 ; A Lost Cause?, 1812-1815 ; Independence Won, 1816-1824 ; Nation-Building Begins, 1824-1850

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