Imperial Russia and the Struggle for Latin American Independence, 1808–1828 / / Russell H. Bartley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Bartley, Russell H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1978
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)

This study, the first of its kind in English, examines Russian responses to the independence movement in Latin America during the early nineteenth century. From a strictly presentist perspective, the investigation of this subject contributes to the historiography of colonialism and of Latin America&...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Tables
• Preface
• Transliteration Table
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Awakening of Russian Interest in America
• 3. The Continental System and Russian Commercial Interests in the New World
• 4. The Russian Presence in America
• 5. Initial Responses to Political Change in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires
• 6. Colonial Pacification and the Dilemma of Intervention
• 7. The Final Years: Russian Responses to Colonial Emancipation
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index