{"product_id":"the-power-of-dissent-urban-political-culture-and-the-fall-of-spanish-rule-in-charcas-hardback-9781009610070","title":"The Power of Dissent; Urban Political Culture and the Fall of Spanish Rule in Charcas (Hardback) 9781009610070","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Power of Dissent\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eUrban Political Culture and the Fall of Spanish Rule in Charcas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA wide-ranging political history of the demise of Spanish rule in the Andean world from a local perspective.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSergio Serulnikov (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009610070, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e370 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.1 x 2.4 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Sergio Serulnikov is a superb historian. His powerful new work has the potential to revamp prevailing thinking about the political impacts of Bourbon reform, creole and American identity formation, the emergence of the public sphere, the crisis of Spanish colonialism, the entanglements of Enlightenment and empire, and the recasting of tradition in times of revolution.' Sinclair Thompson, New York University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Power of Dissent examines the crisis of Spanish rule through the changing political culture of Chuquisaca (Bolivia), the most important city in the southern Andes. Sergio Serulnikov argues that in the four decades preceding the nineteenth-century wars of independence, a vibrant political public sphere emerged, both patrician and plebeian. It manifested itself in a variety of social domains: protracted legal battles, collective petitions, popular revolts, the culture of manly honor, disputes over the rights of city council members and university faculty to hold free annual elections to choose their authorities, clashes between urban militias and Spanish soldiers, and contested public ceremonies and rituals of state power. In the process, a discernible aspiration took shape: the full participation of the local population in public affairs. The culture of dissent undermined the very premises of Bourbon absolutism and, more broadly, imperial control.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroductory essay: politics and society in the late colonial world, historiographical dialogues\u003cbr\u003e 1. Citizens and magistrates\u003cbr\u003e 2. Public dissension\u003cbr\u003e 3. The paradoxes of loyalty\u003cbr\u003e 4. The revolt against the company of savoy\u003cbr\u003e 5. The revolt against the company of Extremadura\u003cbr\u003e 6. The election of a rector\u003cbr\u003e 7. Suppressing politics\u003cbr\u003e 8. Contentious autonomies\u003cbr\u003e 9. The crisis before the crisis\u003cbr\u003e 10. The uses of carlotism\u003cbr\u003e 11. The uprising\u003cbr\u003e which revolution? final considerations\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52415669600536,"sku":"9781009610070","price":85.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009610070i.jpg?v=1784421554","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-power-of-dissent-urban-political-culture-and-the-fall-of-spanish-rule-in-charcas-hardback-9781009610070","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}