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The Caudillo of the Andes
Natalia Sobrevilla Perea
其他書名
Andrés de Santa Cruz
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2011-01-31
主題
Biography & Autobiography / General
Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State
History / Latin America / General
History / Latin America / South America
History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
History / Modern / General
History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
ISBN
0521895677
9780521895675
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=M-hmqPrkN6MC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Born in La Paz in 1792, Andrés de Santa Cruz lived through the turbulent times that led to independence across Latin America. He fought to shape the newly established republics, and between 1836 and 1839 he created the Peru-Bolivia Confederation. The epitome of an Andean caudillo, with armed forces at the center of his ideas of governance, he was a state builder whose ambition ensured a strong and well-administered country. But the ultimate failure of the Confederation had long-reaching consequences that still have an impact today. The story of his life introduces students to broader questions of nationality and identity during this turbulent transition from Spanish colonial rule to the founding of Peru and Bolivia.