Independence and Nation-Building in Latin America: Race and Identity in the Crucible of War

Independence and Nation-Building in Latin America: Race and Identity in the Crucible of War reconceptualizes the history of the break-up of colonial empires in Spanish and Portuguese America. In doing so, the authors critically examine competing interpretations and bring to light the most recent scholarship on social, cultural, and political aspects of the period.

Did American rebels clearly push for independence, or did others truly advocate autonomy within weakened monarchical systems? Rat...