Simón Bolĭvar

Author : Maureen G. Shanahan,Reyes, Ana M
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780813055978

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Simon Bolivar by Maureen G. Shanahan,Reyes, Ana M Pdf

One of Latin America's most famous historical figures, Simón Bolívar has become a mythic symbol for many nations, empires, and revolutions, used to support wildly diverse--sometimes opposite--ideas. From colonial Cuba to Nazi-occupied France to Soviet Slovenia, the image of "El Libertador" has served a range of political and cultural purposes. Here, an array of international and interdisciplinary scholars shows how Bolívar has appeared over the last two centuries in paintings, fiction, poetry, music, film, festivals, dance traditions, city planning, and even reliquary adoration. Whether exalted, reimagined, or fragmented, Bolívar's body has taken on a range of different meanings to represent the politics and poetics of today's national bodies. Through critical approaches to diverse cultural Bolivarianisms, this collection demonstrates the capacity of the arts and humanities to challenge and reinvent hegemonic narratives and thus vital dimensions of democracy.

Author : John Lynch
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0300126042

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Simón Bolívar (Simon Bolivar) by John Lynch Pdf

Chronicles the life of Simón Bolívar, exploring his political career, leadership dynamics, rule over the people of Spanish America, and impact on world history.

Author : Richard W. Slatta,Jane Lucas De Grummond
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1585442399

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Simón Bolívar's Quest for Glory by Richard W. Slatta,Jane Lucas De Grummond Pdf

Earning glory on the fields of battle, Simón Bolívar (1783–1830) was one of the most influential and enigmatic figures of Latin American history. Most North Americans know little of "the Liberator" who freed South America from Spanish rule from 1810 to 1826. Richard W. Slatta and Jane Lucas De Grummond bring forth the entire life and legacy of Simón Bolívar, with special attention to the ups and the downs of his military career in Bolívar's Quest for Glory. Bolívar's life contained all the makings of an epic war hero: repeated comebacks from defeat, flashes of military genius, tremendous mood swings, dogged persistence, a near-manic quest for glory, and fall from political grace. He exhibited both military leadership and foolhardiness. Egomaniacal, he strived for military might and political power. The tragedy of his life and his political legacy remain hotly debated, but no one would deny this man's historical significance. Drawing from an immense corpus of writings left behind by Bolívar, his allies, and his enemies, the authors transport the reader back to the life and times of the Liberator, introducing lesser known people who fought on both sides of the conflict and showing how Bolívar did not win Spanish American independence all on his own. Voices of the past ring from this rich narrative—expressions of admiration for Bolívar's courage, leadership, and vision, as well as proclamations of the leader's failures and weaknesses. The first ever biography to suggest that Bolívar suffered from bipolar disorder, Bolívar's Quest for Glory treads new ground and shows how the conflicts he faced during the independence era set a political pattern followed by much of Latin America for the next century. Scholars and fans of military history, anyone interested in the development of modern Latin America, and readers of great biography will all welcome this book.

Author : Lester D. Langley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780742566552

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Simón Bolívar by Lester D. Langley Pdf

This compelling biography offers a unique perspective on the life and career of one of Latin America's most famous—and most adulated—historical figures. Departing from the conventional, narrow treatment of Bolívar's role in the Spanish-American wars of independence (1810–1825), leading historian Lester D. Langley frames this remarkable figure as the quintessential Venezuelan rebel, who by circumstance and sheer will rose to be the continent's most noted revolutionary and liberator. In the process, he became both a unifying and a divisive presence whose symbolic influence remains powerful even today. Twice Bolívar gained power, twice he confronted a formidable counterrevolution, twice he was compelled to flee. His ultimate tactic of using slave and mixed-race troops aroused both the admiration and fear of U.S. leaders and became a topic of heated discussion in the critical debates of 1817 and 1818 over U.S. policy toward the Spanish-American wars as well as the arguments over the admission of Missouri as a state in 1820–1821 and the U.S. decision to participate in the ill-fated Congress of Panama. Although he earned the sobriquet of the "George Washington" of South America, Bolívar in victory became more conservative and critical of the democratic tide of the era. Unlike Washington, Bolívar was forced into exile, the victim of his own ambitions and the fears of others. In his tragic end, he symbolized the glorious warrior so consumed by his own ambition and hatreds that he was destroyed. In death, he became a cult figure whose life and meaning casts a long shadow over modern Venezuelan history. As the author convincingly explains, he remains the most relevant figure of the revolutionary age in the Americas.

Author : Columbus Memorial Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Catalogs, Union
ISBN : IND:30000118293202

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Simón Bolívar by Columbus Memorial Library Pdf

Author : Bárbara C. Cruz
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766089549

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Simón Bolívar by Bárbara C. Cruz Pdf

Simón Bolívar was a revolutionary and a political leader whose courageous battles for Latin self-rule led to the establishment of Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Panama as independent nations. Today, Bolívar is known as a great hero, and his name graces many institutions and streets across Latin America. This text examines Bolívar’s life and influence using primary source documents, photographs, and an examination of the context in which Bolívar fought for Latin American independence. Students will be guided through their reading with a glossary of important words, a timeline, and references for further reading on the topic.

Author : Ronald A. Reis
Publisher : Infobase Learning
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781438146386

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Simón Bolívar by Ronald A. Reis Pdf

Profiles the South American general and revolutionary who helped liberate several South American countries from Spanish domination.

Author : Guillermo Antonio Sherwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : South America
ISBN : UCAL:$B144323

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Simón Bolívar (el Libertador) Patriot, Warrior, Statesman, Father of Five Nations by Guillermo Antonio Sherwell Pdf

Author : Marie Arana
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439110201

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Bolivar by Marie Arana Pdf

An authoritative portrait of the Latin-American warrior-statesman examines his life against a backdrop of the tensions of nineteenth-century South America, covering his achievements as a strategist, abolitionist, and diplomat.

Author : Narayan Changder
Publisher : CHANGDER OUTLINE
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-03
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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SIMON BOLIVAR by Narayan Changder Pdf

"Embark on a revolutionary journey with 'Simon Bolivar,' a compelling MCQ book that explores the life, leadership, and enduring legacy of the liberator of South America. Navigate through a collection of engaging multiple-choice questions (MCQs) that unravel Bolivar's pivotal role in the quest for Latin American independence. Tailored for history enthusiasts, students, and those captivated by tales of liberation, this MCQ guide offers a comprehensive exploration of Simon Bolivar's impact on the course of history. Ride the waves of revolution, understand the challenges faced, and download your copy now to embark on an enlightening journey through the remarkable legacy of 'Simon Bolivar.'"

Author : Guillermo Antonio Sherwell
Publisher : 1st World Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781421805481

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Simon Bolivar by Guillermo Antonio Sherwell Pdf

In the history of peoples, the veneration of national heroes has been one of the most powerful forces behind great deeds. National consciousness, rather than a matter of frontiers, racial strain or community of customs, is a feeling of attachment to one of those men who symbolize best the higher thoughts and aspirations of the country and most deeply impress the hearts of their fellow citizens. Despite efforts to write the history of peoples exclusively from the social point of view, history has been, and will continue to be, mainly a record of great names and great deeds of national heroes. The Greeks, for us and for themselves, are not so much the people who lived in the various city-states of Hellas, nor the people dominated and more or less influenced by the Romans and later the Mohammedan conquerors, nor even the present population in which the old pure Hellenic element is in a proportion much smaller than is generally thought. Greece is what she is, lives in the life of men and shapes the minds and souls of peoples, through her great heroes, through her various gods, which were nothing but divinized heroes. Greece is for us Apollo, as a symbol of whatever is filled with light, high, beautiful and noble; Heracles for what is strength, energy, organization, life as it should be lived by human beings

Author : Simon Bolivar
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789604894

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The Bolivarian Revolution by Simon Bolivar Pdf

Known throughout Latin America as El Libertador, Venezuelan revolutionary Simn Bolvar was one of the most important leaders in the wars of independence from Spain. Recently revived by Venezuelan president Hugo Chvez for his own political program-which he has called 'the Bolvarian Revolution'-these galvanizing words remain as relevant for current political and social struggles as they were in Bolivar's own day.

Author : Gerhard Masur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494123851

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Simon Bolivar by Gerhard Masur Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.

Author : Guillermo Antonio Sherwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : South America
ISBN : WISC:89096198007

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Simón Bolívar (The Liberator) by Guillermo Antonio Sherwell Pdf

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Author : David Bushnell
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X004901516

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Simón Bolívar by David Bushnell Pdf

Provides a through background for Bolívar's "contradictory" life, from his birth into colonial aristocracy to his leadership of a revolution to his tactical alliance with the Roman Catholic Church; addresses many of the principles for which Bolívar fought, such as abolition of slavery and legal equality for all races and social classes; reviews his efforts to obtain a British protectorate over his alliance; places events in the context of the Enlightenment "world," showing the norms and conditions that spurred change; and details the influence Bolívar had on radical movements and events during the course of the revolutions in Latin America and documents the challenges he faced in leading a revolution.