Caudillos in Spanish America, 1800-1850 /
"The caudlillo of Spanish America was both regional chieftain and, in the turbulent years of the early nineteenth century, national leader. His power base rested on ownership of land and control of armed bands. He was the rival of constitutional rulers and the precursor of modern dictators. His...
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Oxford [England] : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
1992.
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