Ambitious rebels [electronic resource] : remaking honor, law, and liberalism in Venezuela, 1780-1850 / Reuben Zahler.
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- 9780816599080
- 0816599084
- 306.20987/09034 23
- JL3881 .Z35 2013
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.
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