| Description |
xiii, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-340) and index. |
| Contents |
Out of a Spanish colony -- Lessons from the Age of Reason -- Creole revolution -- War to the death -- Touchstone of the revolution -- New strategy, new front -- Society according to Bolívar -- War and love in the Andes -- The man of problems -- The magic of his prestige -- Journey of disillusion -- The legacy. |
| Subject |
Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830.
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Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830. |
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South America -- History -- Wars of Independence, 1806-1830.
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Heads of state -- South America -- Biography.
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Heads of state. |
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South America. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0300110626 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780300110623 cloth alkaline paper |
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