Abstract

MORELLI, Federica. Between the Old and New Regime: Nineteenth Century Spanish American Political History. hist.crit. [online]. 2007, n.33, pp.122-155. ISSN 0121-1617.

This article analyzes the new historiographic perspectives developed in recent studies of 19th century Spanish American political history. Grouping these studies around three fundamental topics - political citizenship and nation building, violence and war, and the institutionalization of the state - it underlines how these new interpretations help modify the image of the 19th century as one characterized by violence, anarchy, and political boss-rule (caudillismo).

Keywords : Historiography; political history; Latin America; nineteenth century; political citizenship; nation; violence; war; the state.

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