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Caudillo Politics: A Structural Analysis*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Eric R. Wolf  and
Edward C. Hansen
Eric R. Wolf
Affiliation:
University of Michigan
Edward C. Hansen
Affiliation:
University of Michigan
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The Latin-American Wars of Independence realized the long-standing hope of the criollo gentry to rid themselves of Spanish limitations on their economic and political activities. From the beginning of the New World colonies, the Spanish rulers had labored diligently to check the aspirations of the colonial gentry by limiting their access to both land and status. Grants of encomienda had yielded up to the colonists use rights to Indian labor and produce, but not the ownership of land. At the same time, the Crown had curtailed the ability of criollos to obtain titles of nobility. These limitations had been supported by the prowess of Spanish arms, effective perhaps even more in keeping potential competitors at bay in Europe than in exercising viable military control in the New World. The failure of this ultimate means of control during the Napoleonic wars finally called into question also continued Spanish dominance over the American colonies.

Type
Political Structures: Latin America
Information
Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , January 1967 , pp. 168 - 179
Copyright
Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1967

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