HILA 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hacienda, Repartimiento, Encomienda
10 Apr 2017
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Key names and terms: domingo faustino sarmiento, juan manuel de rosas, gaucho. Associated with barbarism (city vs. countryside: caudillo, pampas (plains, simon bolivar, liberalism. Dominant political force in latin america during this time: conservatism. Simon bolivar: venezuelan soldier and statesman who led the revolutions against the spanish rule in the viceroyalty of new granada. Dictator of peru (1823-26: dream of latin america federation of states which would include bolivia, etc, spoke about struggles for independence, sees political authoritarianism as a problem. Also very troubled with new political landscape of latin america: he wants equality and end distinctions created during spanish colonialism, his views on racial mixture in venezuela/latin america: Full scale struggle between barbarism and civilized: fear of barbarism. Point finger at mixed race population (guacho) On his death bed, he in part argues that social/racial composition leads to social and political strife: who is a venezuelan? .
