Sim on Bol ivar and Spanish American independence, 1783-1830 - Johnson, John J., 1912-2004.; Ladd, Doris M. (Princeton, N.J.: Van Nostrand, 1968)
Part I. Sim on Bol ivar and Spanish American independence, 1783-1830 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Reformed Spain, responsive America -- 3. The making of Creole radicalism, 1808-1812 -- 4. Bol ivar as soldier and state-maker -- 5. Bol ivar as international idealist and national pragmatist -- 6. Bol ivar as political theorist -- 7. The consolidation of Creole conservatism -- Part II. Readings -- 1. Don Quixote Bol ivar / Miguel de Unamuno -- 2. Portrait of Bol ivar / Carlos A. Villanueva -- 3. A letter to American Spaniards / Juan Pablo Viscardo -- 4. Creolism / Alexander von Humboldt -- 5. Why Spanish America was reluctant to revolt / Alexander von Humboldt -- 6. Bol ivar tells how he came to be a revolutionary / Louis Peru de Lacroix -- 7. The Miranda incident, 1812 / Gerhard Masur -- 8. American petitions the Cortes of C adiz / Herbert Ingram Priestley -- 9. The war to the death, 1813 / Sim on Bol ivar -- 10. The crossing of the Andes to Boyac a / Daniel F. O'Leary -- 11. The Cartagena manifesto / Sim on Bol ivar -- 12. The Jamaica letter, September 6, 1815 / Sim on Bol ivar -- 13. The Angostura address / Sim on Bol ivar -- 14. A prediction of unfavorable things to come / Francisco de Paula Santander -- 15. The Bolivian constitution of 1826 -- 16. Collapse / Gerhard Masur -- 17. The burden of the past / Leopoldo Zea.
"An Anvil original."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-222).
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Keywords: Bol ivar, Sim on, -- 1783-1830.; Bol ivar, Sim on, -- 1783-1830.; Bol ivar, Sim on, -- 1783-1830.; Boli??var, Simo??n, -- 1783-1830.; South America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.; South America; South America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.; 1806-1830; History