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Ambitious rebels

Zahler, Reuben, 1968-

Ambitious rebels remaking honor, law, and liberalism in Venezuela, 1780-1850 / [electronic resource] : Reuben Zahler. - Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From colony to liberal republic: the enlightenment experiment -- Bureaucrats ascendant: building a regime of law -- Law versus justice: legalism in the courts -- "Patrimony of the soul": honor in the liberal republic -- Wife, mother, citizen, whore: honor and law for women -- Liberalism without a loyal opposition: the elite consensus cracks, 1830s-40s -- The poor push back.

9780816599080 0816599084


Political culture--Venezuela.
Liberalism--Venezuela.
Political participation--Venezuela.


Venezuela--Politics and government.


Electronic books.

JL3881 / .Z35 2013

306.20987/09034