Response to Revolution
Imperial Spain and the Spanish American Revolutions, 1810–1840

This book examines the Spanish response, military, economic and social, to the anti-imperial revolutions of Latin America in the early nineteenth century.

Michael P. Costeloe (Author)

9780521122795, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 12 November 2009

288 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.43 kg

This book examines the Spanish response, military, economic and social, to the anti-imperial revolutions of Latin America in the early nineteenth century. History has for the most part concentrated on the heroic careers of the great liberators of America: but what did Spaniards themselves think of Simón Bolivar and his fellow revolutionaries? How did they view the events in America? What policies were adopted, what were their effects on Spanish trade and the merchants who conducted it, and what action did Spain take to meet American demands or to suppress them? It is with these and many related questions that this study is concerned. Analysing a broad spectrum of Spanish opinion which reflects the views of politicians, diplomats, merchants, journalists, the military and others, Professor Costeloe explains how Spaniards responded to revolution and how in retrospect, in the aftermath of defeat, they regarded the end of their nation's long role as a major imperial power.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. An introduction
2. Revolution: the view from Spain
3. The military solution
4. The logistics of reconquest
5. Economic and commercial reform
6. The aftermath of imperial decline
7. A new relationship
8. The diplomatic initiative
Epilogue
Notes
Sources and works cited
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]