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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782400603321

Autore

Fisher John R (John Robert), <1943->

Titolo

Bourbon Peru 1750-1824 / / John Fisher [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-78138-621-8

1-84631-268-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Liverpool Latin American studies ; ; new ser., 4

Disciplina

985.033

Soggetti

Peru History 1548-1820

Peru History War of Independence, 1820-1829

Spain History Bourbons, 1700-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Jul 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliograpical references (p. [202]-218) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Antecedents: the viceroyalty of Peru prior to 1750 -- Government, defence and the church -- Economy, demography and finance -- Society, ethnicity and culture -- Resistance, revolts and rebellions -- Royalism, patriotism and independence.

Sommario/riassunto

By considering Bourbon Peru in a chronological framework which begins at mid-century rather than 1700, this book focuses the reader's attention on the key issue of the relationship between colonial reform in the late eighteenth century and the creation of an independent Peruvian state in the 1820s. Fisher sets out some uncluttered responses to this question, emphasising continuities between the two forms of regime rather than change. The author's arguments are underpinned by a comprehensive review of the major elements of Peru's economic, social and political development for the half century from 1750. The study concludes with a detailed analysis of the independence period (1810-1824) which unlike many previous studies, provides a detailed interpretation of unrest in the highlands of royalist Peru, the dying days of the viceroyalty under Jose de la Serna (1821-1824) in Cusco, and the attempts to reach a negotiated settlement with the patriots under Jose de San Martin. Bourbon Peru is accessible, readable and well argued, and it will be essential reading for anyone with questions about the economy, government, social structure and



political outlooks of Peru in the period prior to its independence.