José de Bustamante and Central American Independence: Colonial Administration in an Age of Imperial Crisis

by Timothy P. Hawkins

Latin 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081731427X
• ISBN13: 9780817314279
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"