02299cam a2200337 i 4500 122731790 TxAuBib 19940210120000.0 730322s1973||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 73004835 9780393053883 0393053881 (OCoLC)605773 TxAuBib rda Lynch, John, 1927- The Spanish American revolutions, 1808-1826 : A unified account of the recolutions that swept over South and Central America in the early nineteenth century / by: John Lynch. New York : Norton, [1973] xxvii, 433 p. : maps, HB ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Revolutions in the modern world Bibliography: p. [401]-423. Contents: The Origins of Spanish American Nationality -- Revolution in the Rio de la Plata -- Chile, Liberated and Liberator -- Peru, the Ambiguous Revolution -- Venezuela, the Violent Revolution -- Liberation, a New Site in Columbia -- The Last Viceroy, the Last Victory -- Mexico, the Consummation of American Independence -- The Reckoning. John Lynch provides a brilliant survey of the men and the movements during these critical years. He views the revolutionary outbreak as the culmination of a long process of alienation from Spain during which Spanish Americans became aware of their own identity, conscious of their own culture, and jealous of their own resources. He traces the forces of independence as they gathered momentum and spread across the subcontinent in two great waves converging on Peru. He also explains why the heroic liberators, among them San Martín, Bolívar, and O'Higgins, were unable to prevent the revolutions from ultimately turning into counterrevolutions that frustrated their efforts to create new societies. In the second edition, Lynch adds a section on Central America and incorporates the latest work being done on the origins and aftermaths of these revolutions. 19940210. Latin America History Wars of Independence, 1806-1830. Revolution. Revolutions in the modern world. TXING