A collective biography of the veterans of the battle of El Santuario (1829), this book uses the untold stories of ordinary lives to examine the history of the imperial conflicts that shaped politics and society in Colombia and Venezuela after independence from colonial rule.

Autorentext
Matthew Brown is a reader in Latin American Studies at the University of Bristol.

Inhalt
The World in Revolution The Narrowing Stage: From Global to Local The Road to War The Battle of El Santuario Counter-Revolutions Trials and Exiles National Consolidation Wars and Repatriations The End of Bolivarian Networks