Almost invariably, late-colonial Caracas has been described as a society full of tensions and a colony at odds with the imperial order. This study, in contrast, portrays a colony, which grew, prospered and matured within the confines of Empire. It depicts the late 1700s as the golden age of caraqueñ...

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1. Verfasser:	McKinley, P. Michael (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1985
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge Latin American studies 56
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1777-1811 Geschichte 1771-1811 Geschichte Politik Wirtschaft Social classes / Venezuela / Caracas / History Gesellschaft Caracas (Venezuela) / Politics and government Venezuela / Politics and government / To 1810 Caracas (Venezuela) / Economic conditions Caracas
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Zusammenfassung:	Almost invariably, late-colonial Caracas has been described as a society full of tensions and a colony at odds with the imperial order. This study, in contrast, portrays a colony, which grew, prospered and matured within the confines of Empire. It depicts the late 1700s as the golden age of caraqueño colonial society and suggests that it was no accident that this late renaissance created an environment which bred the self-confident men who led much of Spanish America to independence. The causes of the independence struggle, and the violence, which accompanied it, are considered in the context of the imperial crisis provoked by Napoleon's invasion of Spain. The findings of this study are based on an exceptionally varied array of new data on the economy and society of late eighteenth-century Caracas, of which a collection of 800 wills is the most impressive
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages)
ISBN:	9780511572753
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511572753