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THE INDEPENDENCE OF SPANISH AMERICA This book provides a new interpretation of the process of Spanish Ameri- can independence (1808—1826), one that emphasizes political processes and cultural continuities instead of the break with Spain. It is the first book to examine the representative government and popular elections intro- duced by the Spanish Constitution of 1812. Rodriguez argues that inde- pendence did not constitute an anticolonial movement, as many scholars assert, but rather formed part of the revolution within the Spanish world. The collapse of the Spanish Monarchy following Napoleons invasion led to the creation of a parliament, the Cortes, and the Constitution of 1812, which established a representative government for the worldwide Spanish Nation in which all free men, regardless of their race or status, became Spaniards. In America, a struggle over who would govern accompanied the political revolution of the Spanish world. The Independence of Spanish America is a revised and expanded version of the Spanish-language work La independencia de la America espanola (1996). The English version explains the nature of Hispanic political culture in greater depth than the original Spanish version. It also includes new mate- rial, based on additional research in Mexican, Spanish, and Ecuadorian archives, on the popular elections of 1812—1814 and 1820—1822. Jaime E. Rodriguez O. is Professor of History at the University of Califor- nia at Irvine. The recipient of Rockefeller, Fulbright, Mellon, and Organi- zation of American States fellowships, and the Hubert Herring prize, Rodriguez is a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of History of Ecuador and of the Centro de Estudios Historicos del Guayas. Previous works include The Emergence of Spanish America (1975), The Forging of the Cosmic Race: A Reinterpretation of Colonial Mexico (1980-90) with Colin MacLachlan, Down from Colonialism (1983), and El Proceso de la Indepencia de Mexico (1992). Rodriguez has also edited a dozen volumes, among the most recent, The Origins of Mexican National Politics, 1808—1847 (1997) and, with Kathryn Vincent, Myths, Misdeeds, and Misunderstandings: The Roots of Conflict in U.S.-Mexican Relations (1997). CAMBRIDGE LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES GENERAL EDITOR ALAN KNIGHT, OXFORD UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MALCOLM DEAS, STUART SCHWARTZ, ARTURO VALENZUELA 84 THE INDEPENDENCE OF SPANISH AMERICA THE INDEPENDENCE OF SPANISH AMERICA JAIME E. RODRIGUEZ O. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, Sao Paulo, Delhi Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521626736 © Fideicomiso Historia de las Americas 1998 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. Originally published as La indepencia de la America espanola, © 1996 by Fondo de Cultura Economica First published 1998 A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Rodriguez O., Jaime E., 1940- [Independencia de la America espanola. English] The Independence of Spanish America / Jaime E. Rodriguez O. p. cm. - (Cambridge Latin American studies : 84) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-521-62298-0 (he). - ISBN 0-521-62673-0 (pbk.) 1. Latin America — History — Wars of Independence, 1806—1830. 2. Spain - Colonies - America - Administration. I. Title. II. Series. F1412.R68213 1998 97-36310 980'.02 - dc21 CIP ISBN 978-0-521-62298-1 hardback ISBN 978-0-521-62673-6 paperback Transferred to digital printing 2009 Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Information regarding prices, travel timetables and other factual information given in this work are correct at the time of first printing but Cambridge University Press does not guarantee the accuracy of such information thereafter. In Memory of Luis A. Rodriguez S.
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