General Information

Uniform Title

Works.

Author/Creator

Bolívar, Simón, 1783-1830.

Language

English.

Published

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Physical Description

lii, 235 p. ; 22 cm.

Series

Library of Latin America

Contributors

Contributor

Fornoff, Frederick H.

Bushnell, David, 1923-

Contents/Summary

Summary

Counter General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington" of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. His victories over Spain won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Bolivar became Columbia's first president in 1819. In 1822, he became dictator of Peru. Upper Peru became a separate state, which was named Bolivia in Bolivar's honor, in 1825. The constitution, which he drew up for Bolivia, is one of his most important political pronouncements. Today he is remembered throughout South America, and in Venezuela and Bolivia his birthday is a national holiday. Although Bolivar never prepared a systematic treatise, his essays, proclamations, and letters constitute some of the most eloquent writing not of the independence period alone, but of any period in Latin American history. His analysis of the region's fundamental problems, ideas on political organization and proposals for Latin American integration are relevant and widely read today, even among Latin Americans of all countries and of all political persuasions. The "Cartagena Letter," the "Jamaica Letter," and the "Angostura Address," are widely cited and reprinted.

Subjects

Subject

South America > History > Wars of Independence, 1806-1830 > Sources.

Latin America > History > Wars of Independence, 1806-1830 > Sources.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

translated from the Spanish by Frederick H. Fornoff ; edited with an introduction and notes by David Bushnell.

ISBN

0195144813

0195144805

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	980/.02/092 BOL		General Stacks	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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