Sarah C Chambers

Families in War and Peace

Chile from Colony to Nation

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Produktbeschreibung

Sarah C. Chambers examines the important role that family played in Chile's transition from colony to nation in the early eighteenth century. She shows how family members mobilized family networks for political ends, and argues that the Chilean state enacted paternalist laws to form a stable government and society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 164mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9780822358985
• ISBN-10: 0822358980
• Artikelnr.: 41238002

Autorenporträt

Sarah C. Chambers is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of From Subjects to Citizens: Honor, Gender and Politics in Arequipa, Peru, 1780-1854.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Part I. Families at War
1. Kin Mobilized for War: The Carrera Family Drama, 1810–1824 25
2. Reconquest and War to the Death: Patriot and Royalist Families Face
Sanctions and Separation 62
3. Émigrés, Refugees, and Property Seizures: Chilean Officials in the Role
of Family Providers 91
Part II. Reconciling the National Family
4. Constituting the Greater Chilean Family: Nation-State Formation and the
Restitution of Property 125
5. Protecting Soldiers' Patrimony: Expanding Pension Eligibility for Widows
and Orphans 155
6. Enforcing Paternal Responsibilities: Legal Disputes over Family
Maintenance and Custody 182
Conclusion 213
Appendix: Chronology of Events in Chile 225
Notes 229
Bibliography 267
Index  277