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OverviewLatin American independence histories of the last 150 years have tended to stereotype Captain General Bustamante, governor of the Spanish colony of Guatemala from 1811 to 1818, as a tyrannical arch-villain who personified colonial oppression. Timothy Hawkins, in contrast, examines Bustamante and his administration within the context of preservation of empire, the effort by colonial officials and partisans to maintain the integrity of the Spanish empire in spite of internal and external unrest. Based on extensive primary research in the archives of Guatemala, Mexico, and Spain, Hawkins’s approach links the Central American experience to that of areas such as Peru, Venezuela, and Mexico, that also responded equivocally and haphazardly to rebellious uprisings against colonial rule. While conceding that Bustamante’s role in the suppression of unrest turned him into one of the more controversial figures in Latin American history, Hawkins argues that the Bustamante administration should not be seen as an isolated and perverse case of Spanish repression but as an example of a relatively successful, if short lived, campaign by Spain to preserve its empire. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Timothy P. HawkinsPublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.493kg ISBN: 9780817357108ISBN 10: 0817357106 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 30 October 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviews"""Bustamante's tenure in office is especially significant because he advocated many of the Spanish Enlightenment themes, he was a senior naval commander, and he had served as Alejandro Malaspina's co-planner and commander during the great Spanish scientific maritime expedition and imperial inspection mission of 1789-1794."" --Christon I. Archer, author of The Army in Bourbon Mexico, 1760-1810 ""This is a fine work--clear, well written, intelligent. . . . It is quite original, fills a need in the literature, and is satisfyingly complete. We have no other detailed treatment of the royalist government in Guatemala during the greater part of the independence period, and no other treatment of Bustamante or his administration in such detail."" --Timothy E. Anna, author of Spain and the Loss of America" Bustamante's tenure in office is especially significant because he advocated many of the Spanish Enlightenment themes, he was a senior naval commander, and he had served as Alejandro Malaspina's co-planner and commander during the great Spanish scientific maritime expedition and imperial inspection mission of 1789-1794. --Christon I. Archer, author of The Army in Bourbon Mexico, 1760-1810 Bustamante's tenure in office is especially significant because he advocated many of the Spanish Enlightenment themes, he was a senior naval commander, and he had served as Alejandro Malaspina's co-planner and commander during the great Spanish scientific maritime expedition and imperial inspection mission of 1789-1794. --Christon I. Archer, author of The Army in Bourbon Mexico, 1760-1810 This is a fine work--clear, well written, intelligent. . . . It is quite original, fills a need in the literature, and is satisfyingly complete. We have no other detailed treatment of the royalist government in Guatemala during the greater part of the independence period, and no other treatment of Bustamante or his administration in such detail. --Timothy E. Anna, author of Spain and the Loss of America Bustamante's tenure in office is especially significant because he advocated many of the Spanish Enlightenment themes, he was a senior naval commander, and he had served as Alejandro Malaspina's co-planner and commander during the great Spanish scientific maritime expedition and imperial inspection mission of 1789-1794. --Christon I. Archer, author of The Army in Bourbon Mexico, 1760-1810 This is a fine work--clear, well written, intelligent. . . . It is quite original, fills a need in the literature, and is satisfyingly complete. We have no other detailed treatment of the royalist government in Guatemala during the greater part of the independence period, and no other treatment of Bustamante or his administration in such detail. --Timothy E. Anna, author of Spain and the Loss of America Author InformationTimothy P. Hawkins is Professor of History at Indiana State University and has written articles for the Colonial Latin American Historical Review, The Historian, and the Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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