Colombia's Military and Brazil's Monarchy: Undermining the Republican Foundations of South American Independence (Contributions in Latin American Studies) [Hardcover]

Thomas Millington (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 30, 1996 | ISBN-10: 0313298068 | ISBN-13: 978-0313298066

This important new study relates the origin of the decline of republican politics in South America to the existence of monarchic rule in Brazil. Millington suggests that if the European-oriented monarchy in Brazil had been overthrown at the time of independence—something that the South American republics, led by Colombian power, had within their power to accomplish—the independence movements in Spanish South America would have been able to collaborate with emergent republican forces in Brazil in the construction of a continental, American-style system. By failing to challenge the monarchy in Brazil, the South American republics lost an important opportunity to disavow European-oriented principles of elitism in the New World.

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"Millington's study...is an original contribution to our understanding of the independence period in Latin America. It is neither purely diplomatic nor purely domestic political history. Rather, it relates the interplay of domestic politics and international relations to the process of state-building in Latin America during the 1820s....Millington's scholarship is sound. His interpretations are based upon a careful reading of primary sources, particularly the writings of Bolivar and Sucre. He has demonstrated skill in carefully developing his arguments from these sources, and has presented his findings in a clear, readable style....I think that Millington has produced an original book on an important subject. I strongly recommend it."-Robert N. Burr, Professor Emeritus University of California at Los Angeles

Book Description

This important new study relates the origin of the decline of republican politics in South America to the existence of monarchic rule in Brazil.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (August 30, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313298068
• ISBN-13: 978-0313298066
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,370,538 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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