Deconstructing legitimacy
Subtitle: viceroys, merchants, and the military in late colonial Peru
By: Patricia H. Marks.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: University Park, Penn
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271032092
Subjects: Legitimacy of governments -- Peru; Merchants -- Peru -- Lima -- History -- 19th century; Political culture -- Peru -- History -- 19th century; Civil-military relations -- Peru -- History -- 19th century; Peru -- History -- War of Independence, 1820-1829; Peru -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; Peru -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: City of kings, city of commerce; title: Bourbon reformers and the merchants of Lima; title: Sabotaging reform; title: Preventing independence; title: The free-trade dispute; title: Merchants, the military, and the disintegration of Pezuela's authority; title: The Pronunciamiento and its aftermath; title: Legitimacy and the salvation of the state.