Who Should Rule? traces the ambitious imperial reform that empowered new and competing political actors in an era of intense imperial competition, war, and the breakdown of the Spanish empire. Through the deep analysis of Spain and Peru in the wider Atlantic context, it examines the challenges the lettered faced when they tried to build new social orders after years of war, which granted the military unprecedented power.
Who Should Rule? traces the ambitious imperial reform that empowered new and competing political actors in an era of intense imperial competition, war, and the breakdown of the Spanish empire. Through the deep analysis of Spain and Peru in the wider Atlantic context, it examines the challenges the lettered faced when they tried to build new social orders after years of war, which granted the military unprecedented power.
Mónica Ricketts is assistant professor of history at Temple University.
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Acknowledgments Introduction . Part I: Imperial Reform: Contentious Consequences, 1760-1808 Chapter 1.Towards a New Imperial Elite Chapter 2. Merit and its Subversive New Roles Chapter 3. The King's Most Loyal Subjects Chapter 4. From Men of Letters to Political Actors Part II: Imperial Turmoil: Conflicts Old and New, 1806-1830 Chapter 5. Liberalism and War, 1808-1820 Chapter 6. Abascal and the Problem of Letters in Peru, 1806-1816 Chapter 7. Pens, Politics, and Swords: A Path to Pervasive Unrest, 1820-1830 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Introduction . Part I: Imperial Reform: Contentious Consequences, 1760-1808 Chapter 1.Towards a New Imperial Elite Chapter 2. Merit and its Subversive New Roles Chapter 3. The King's Most Loyal Subjects Chapter 4. From Men of Letters to Political Actors Part II: Imperial Turmoil: Conflicts Old and New, 1806-1830 Chapter 5. Liberalism and War, 1808-1820 Chapter 6. Abascal and the Problem of Letters in Peru, 1806-1816 Chapter 7. Pens, Politics, and Swords: A Path to Pervasive Unrest, 1820-1830 Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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