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Paisanos : the Irish and the liberation of Latin America

Fanning, Tim, author

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\"In the early nineteenth century, thousands of volunteers left Ireland behind to join the fight for South American independence. Lured by the promise of adventure, fortune, and the opportunity to take a stand against colonialism, they braved the treacherous Atlantic crossing to join the ranks of the Liberator, Simón Bolívar, and became instrumental in helping oust the Spanish from Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Today, the names of streets, towns, schools, and football teams on the continent bear witness to their influence. But it was not just during wars of independence that the Irish helped transform Spanish America. Irish soldiers, engineers, and politicians, who had fled Ireland to escape religious and political persecution in their homeland, were responsible for changing the face of the Spanish colonies in the Americas during the eighteenth century. They included a chief minister of Spain, Richard Wall; a chief inspector of the Spanish Army, Alexander O'Reilly; and the viceroy of Peru, Ambrose O'Higgins. Whether telling the stories of armed revolutionaries like Bernardo O'Higgins and James Rooke or retracing the steps of trailblazing women like Eliza Lynch and Camila O'Gorman, Paisanos revisits a forgotten chapter of Irish history and, in so doing, reanimates the hopes, ambitions, ideals, and romanticism that helped fashion the New World and sowed the seeds of Ireland's revolutions to follow.\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Subject: Irish Latin America History 18th century. / Irish Latin America History 19th century. / Irish South America History 18th century. / Irish South America History 19th century. / Revolutionaries Latin America History. / Latin America Civilization Irish influences. / South America History 18th century. / South America History 19th century. / Latin America History 18th century. / Latin America History 19th century.
• ISBN: 9780268104894, 0268104891

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
F1419.I77 F36 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE