Workshop of Revolution: Plebeian Buenos Aires and the Atlantic World, 1776-1810

by Lyman L. Johnson

The plebeians of Buenos Aires were crucial to the success of the revolutionary junta of May 1810, widely considered the start of the Argentine war of independence. Workshop of Revolution is a historical account of the economic and political forces that propelled the artisans, free laborers, and slaves of Buenos Aires into the struggle for independence. Drawing on extensive archival research in Argentina and Spain, Lyman L. Johnson portrays the daily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822349817
• ISBN13: 9780822349815
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"