From Sovereign Villages to National States: City, State, and Federation in Central America, 1759-1839

by Jordana Dym

The role of the city--as an institution, as a political ideal, as a training ground for politicians--has been neglected in historical studies of Spanish American independence. Connecting the political changes of the Bourbon Reforms (1759-1788) and constitutional monarchy (1808-1821) to those of the independence era (1821-1839), Jordana Dym's analysis of Central America's early nineteenth-century politics shows nation-state formation to be a city-driven...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826339093
• ISBN13: 9780826339096
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"