Contested Nation: The Mapuche, Bandits, and State Formation in Nineteenth-Century Chile

by Pilar M Herr

Book Overview

Throughout the colonial period the Spanish crown made numerous unsuccessful attempts to conquer Araucan?a, Chile's southern borderlands region. Contested Nation argues that with Chilean independence, Araucan?a--because of its status as a separate nation-state--became essential to the territorial integrity of the new Chilean Republic. This book studies how Araucan?a's indigenous inhabitants, the Mapuche, played a central role in the new Chilean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826363318
• ISBN13: 9780826363312
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"