Overview

Through a variety of primary sources-including speeches, poems, letters, and book excerpts-this collection illustrates the origins, progress, and unfulfilled republican promise of the Latin American Wars for Independence (1780-1850). A general Introduction offers a history of the period; headnotes introduce each selection and provide historical and political context. A map, a glossary, and an index are included.

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Author:   Sarah C. Chambers ,  John Charles Chasteen
Publisher:   Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Imprint:   Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Weight:   0.312kg
ISBN:  

9780872208636

ISBN 10:   087220863
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   14 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements; Maps. Genealogical Charts. Time Line; SELECTIONS: Acusilaus; Aelian; Aeschylus; Andron; Antoninus Liberalis; Apollodorus; Archilochus; Arrian; Babrius; Bacchylides; Bion; Callimachus; Cleanthes; Conon; Cornutus; Critias; Diodorus of Sicily; Eratosthenes; Euripides; Fulgentius; Hellanicus; Heraclitus; Herodorus; Herodotus; Hesiod; The Homeric Hymns; Horace; Hyginus; Longus; Lucian; Lucretius; Ovid; Palaephatus; Parthenius; Pausanias; Pherecydes; Pindar; Plato; Plutarch; Proclus; Sallustius; Sappho; Semonides; Simonides; Sophocles; Statius; Theocritus; Theophrastus; Thucydides; Vergil; Xenophanes; Xenophon; Appendix One: Linear B Sources (by Thomas G. Palaima); Appendix Two: Inscriptions; Appendix Three: Papyri; Note on Texts and Translations. Names and Transliterations. Index/Glossary.

Reviews

I am impressed by how the readings chosen... are both illustrative of important historical themes and also generally different from the usual. There is a strong slant toward social, intellectual, cultural issues -- and this strikes me as an appropriate choice... The special effort made to include women's voices is well handled and appropriate... I also like the inclusion of some unusual items not normally seen in Spanish American history -- the debates from the Portuguese Cortes, the items from the Mineiro Plot, the anti-Dessalines tract, and others... a novel but mainstream approach that expresses some of the new emphasis of recent historiography. It incorporates class, ethnic, and gender considerations while not ignoring the main narrative or 'heroes'. -- Timothy Anna, University of Manitoba.

Author Information

Sarah C. Chambers is Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota. John?Charles Chasteen is Patterson Distinguished Term Professor of History, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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