Bourbon Peru 1750-1824
John Fisher
Abstract
By considering Bourbon Peru in a chronological framework that begins at mid-century rather than 1700, this book focuses the reader's attention on the key issue of the relationship between colonial reform in the late eighteenth century and the creation of an independent Peruvian state in the 1820s. It sets out some uncluttered responses to this question, emphasising continuities between the two forms of regime rather than change. The book's arguments are underpinned by a review of the major elements of Peru's economic, social, and political development for the half century from 1750. The study ... More
By considering Bourbon Peru in a chronological framework that begins at mid-century rather than 1700, this book focuses the reader's attention on the key issue of the relationship between colonial reform in the late eighteenth century and the creation of an independent Peruvian state in the 1820s. It sets out some uncluttered responses to this question, emphasising continuities between the two forms of regime rather than change. The book's arguments are underpinned by a review of the major elements of Peru's economic, social, and political development for the half century from 1750. The study concludes with a detailed analysis of the independence period (1810–1824), which provides an interpretation of unrest in the highlands of royalist Peru, the dying days of the viceroyalty under Jose de la Serna (1821–1824) in Cusco, and the attempts to reach a negotiated settlement with the patriots under Jose de San Martín.
Keywords:
colonial reform,
Peru,
economic development,
political development,
independence,
viceroyalty,
de la Serna,
Cusco,
patriots,
de San Martín
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2003 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780853239086 |
| Published to Liverpool Scholarship Online: June 2013 |
DOI:10.5949/UPO9781846312687 |
