| El Libertador: Writings of Simon Bolivar Contributor(s): Bolívar, Simón (Author), Bushnell, David (Editor), Fornoff, Fred (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195144813 ISBN-13: 9780195144819 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $25.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the "George Washington" of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. His victories over Spain won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Bolivar became Columbia's first president in 1819. In 1822, he became dictator of Peru. Upper Peru became a separate state, which was named Bolivia in Bolivar's honor, in 1825. The constitution, which he drew up for Bolivia, is one of his most important political pronouncements. Today he is remembered throughout South America, and in Venezuela and Bolivia his birthday is a national holiday. Although Bolivar never prepared a systematic treatise, his essays, proclamations, and letters constitute some of the most eloquent writing not of the independence period alone, but of any period in Latin American history. His analysis of the region's fundamental problems, ideas on political organization and proposals for Latin American integration are relevant and widely read today, even among Latin Americans of all countries and of all political persuasions. The "Cartagena Letter," the "Jamaica Letter," and the "Angostura Address," are widely cited and reprinted. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - South America - Literary Criticism - Literary Collections | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 980.020 |
| LCCN: 2002011540 |
| Lexile Measure: 1520 |
| Series: Library of Latin America (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.38" W x 8.08" (0.72 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: General Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the George Washington of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement. His victories over Spain won independence for Bolivia, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Bolívar became Columbia's first president in 1819. In 1822, he became dictator of Peru. Upper Peru became a separate state, which was named Bolivia in Bolívar's honor, in 1825. The constitution, which he drew up for Bolivia, is one of his most important political pronouncements. Today he is remembered throughout South America, and in Venezuela and Bolivia his birthday is a national holiday. Although Bolívar never prepared a systematic treatise, his essays, proclamations, and letters constitute some of the most eloquent writing not of the independence period alone, but of any period in Latin American history. His analysis of the region's fundamental problems, ideas on political organization and proposals for Latin American integration are relevant and widely read today, even among Latin Americans of all countries and of all political persuasions. The Cartagena Letter, the Jamaica Letter, and the Angostura Address, are widely cited and reprinted. |