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Simón Bolívar: Essays on the Life and Legacy of the Liberator

Simón Bolívar: Essays on the Life and Legacy of the Liberator

Langley, Lester D.
Fiering, Norman

Hardcover

Series: Latin American Silhouettes

Biographies GeneralSouth American History

ISBN10: 0742556190
ISBN13: 9780742556195
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Apr 7 2008
Pages: 224
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.03
Language: English

Simón Bolívar was without a doubt the most famous and most controversial leader of the Spanish American wars of independence. Much is known of his biography: he led an army that liberated an expanse of South America equivalent to that conquered by Napoleon; crafted the union of Venezuela, New Granada, and Ecuador into the republic of Gran Colombia; outlined the plan for a defensive league of former Spanish-American colonies; and wrote the first Bolivian constitution. He also died in exile after the rejection of his arbitrary and dictatorial rule in Colombia. This volume takes a step back from both glorification and vilification to reassess Bolívar's life and legacy. A distinguished group of historians takes a fresh look at the impact of the Liberator as warrior, political thinker and leader, internationalist, continentalist, reformer, and revolutionary. They make a powerful statement about the importance of biography and the relevance of the individual in explaining historical events. A balanced yet critical appraisal of Bolívar's role in the Spanish-American wars of independence, this in-depth collection offers a persuasive explanation of why the Bolívarian legend and cult has persisted. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Simón Bolívar--the man and the legacy.

Contributions by: David Bushnell, Germán Carrera Damas, Simon Collier, Judith Ewell, Iván Jaksic, Lester D. Langley, John V. Lombardi, Karen Racine, Frank Safford, and Hermes Tovar Pinzón

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