Chronicles the life of Simon Bolivar, one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in Latin American history, focusing on his extensive military career.
Presents the essays, proclamations, and letters of Sim?n Bol?var, the liberator of South America in the early nineteenth century, and details the problems of the region and his ideas on political organization.
Presents a comprehensive biography on the life and experiences of Simon Bolivar who is considered to be the liberator of South America, and chronicles his childhood and accomplishments, as well as his impact on history.
Surveys the history of Latin America from the first contacts between Native American Indians and Europeans to the twentieth century and examines their independence from Spain and Portugal and the role of the church.
A comparative study of the revolutions that transformed the British, French, and Spanish Atlantic worlds during the late eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, describing the factors that destabilized the old regimes, the techniques of successful popular mobilization, and the roles played by enslaved Africans and Native Americans.
Chronicles the life and career of Simon Bolivar, discussing his role in the Spanish-American wars of independence, reputation as a Venezuelan rebel, symbolic influence as a revolutionary, and other related topics.
An examination of the life of Sim?n Bolivar that discusses his formative years, military experience, political views, exile, death, and other related topics.
Describes the lives and deaths of the seven Liberators, the men who led Latin America's fight for independence and won it in a span of only twenty years after three centuries of Spanish domination.
A biography of the South American general and revolutionary, often called the "George Washington of South America," who helped liberate Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela from the domination of Spain.