Two decades of warfare had cost the lives of between one fourth and onethird of venezuelas population, which by 1830 was estimated at about 800,000. His scholarly analysis of this central theme in the history of spanish america is underpinned by detailed casestudies of four major caudillos. Following the venezuelan war of independence part of the spanish american wars of independence, venezuela initially won independence from the spanish empire as part of gran colombia. He based his theories in part on the racist notions of the book democratic.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The history of venezuela reflects events in areas of the americas colonized by spain starting 1522. Read the fulltext online edition of caudillos in spanish america, 18001850 1992. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. It gained full independence as a separate country in 1830. Venezuelas centurylong postindependence era of caudillismo is perhaps best. In this book, lynch explores the changing perception of the caudillobandit. He also had to control the caudillos, to tame the guerrillas and their leaders within the revolutionary ranks.
Paez fought first under various revolutionary caudillos, none of whom measured up to his own proficiency. Furthermore, the cocoabased export economy lay in ruins, a victim of physical destruction, neglect, and the disruption of trade. Caudillo military dictator britannica encyclopedia britannica. For the rest of the nineteenth century, independent venezuela saw a range of caudillos. Caudillismo y guerra civiles en venezuela 1830 a 1835. During the 19th century, venezuela suffered political turmoil and autocracy, remaining dominated by regional caudillos military strongmen until the mid20th century. Between 1830 and 1899 the series of caudillos who succeeded each other as president. Since spanish american independence in the early nineteenth century, the region has been noted for its number of caudillos and the duration of their rule. Following the venezuelan war of independence venezuela initially won independence from. Twice elected president under the 1830 constitution, paez, on the one hand. Biographische informationen caracas, 24 julio 1783santa marta, colombia, 17 diciembre 1830. Caudillos in spanish america, 18001850 by john lynch, 1992.
Internal tensions led to the dissolution of gran colombia in 183031, with venezuela declaring independence in 1811. Venezuela the century of caudillismo country studies. Internal tensions led to the dissolution of gran colombia in 1830 31, with venezuela declaring independence in 1811. However, in the andean region of western venezuela, complex andean civilization of the timotocuica people flourished before european contact.