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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806911603321

Autore

Ossa Santa Cruz Juan Luis

Titolo

Armies, politics and revolution : Chile, 1808-1826 / / Juan Luis Ossa Santa Cruz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool, [England] : , : Liverpool University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78138-744-3

1-78138-490-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : maps (black and white)

Collana

Liverpool Latin American Studies ; ; New Series 13

Disciplina

983.04

Soggetti

Chile History 1810-

Chile History, Military 19th century

Chile Politics and government 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This work studies the political role of the Chilean military during the years 1808-1826. Beginning with the fall of the Spanish monarchy to Napoleon in 1808 and ending immediately after the last royalist contingents were expelled from the island of Chiloe, it does not seek to give a full picture of the participation of military men on the battlefield but rather to interpret their involvement in local politics. In so doing it makes a contribution to the understanding of Chile's revolution of independence, as well as to discuss some of the most recent historiographical contributions on the role of the military in the creation of the Chilean republic.