The Society of Equality: Popular Republicanism and Democracy in Santiago de Chile, 1818-1851

by James A. Wood

On April 1, 1850, a planning meeting took place in Santiago, Chile, to organize a new political association that sought to democratize the thirty-year-old republic. The attendees were all male, and included master and journeymen tailors and shoemakers, two young men recently returned from a European sojourn, the conductor of the city's orchestra, a law professor, and a few "liberals" from the opposition party in Congress. The attendees believed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826349412
• ISBN13: 9780826349415
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"