"This is a terrific book. The dramatic and forceful personalities of Spanish America's independence period have been well documented and their place in the world military history amply secured. With this book, Antonio Cussen resurrects the intellectual and cultural milieu within which Spanish America's independence generation existed, and reminds us just how much ideas and words mattered to them." H-Net Reviews

• Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Caracas (1781–1810): 1. Augustan Caracas; 2. Revolt; Part II. London (1810–29); 3. Independence; 4. The reconquest; 5. The decided revolution; 6. The new Augustus; 7. The campaign of the monarchists; 8. Poetry visits America; 9. 'Agricultura'; 10. Bolívar poetics; Part III. Santiago: (1829–65): 11. The liberal poets; 12. The exile; Appendix; Notes; Bibliographical note; Index.

"This is a terrific book. The dramatic and forceful personalities of Spanish America's independence period have been well documented and their place in the world military history amply secured. With this book, Antonio Cussen resurrects the intellectual and cultural milieu within which Spanish America's independence generation existed, and reminds us just how much ideas and words mattered to them." H-Net Reviews

• Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Caracas (1781–1810): 1. Augustan Caracas; 2. Revolt; Part II. London (1810–29); 3. Independence; 4. The reconquest; 5. The decided revolution; 6. The new Augustus; 7. The campaign of the monarchists; 8. Poetry visits America; 9. 'Agricultura'; 10. Bolívar poetics; Part III. Santiago: (1829–65): 11. The liberal poets; 12. The exile; Appendix; Notes; Bibliographical note; Index.

"This is a terrific book. The dramatic and forceful personalities of Spanish America's independence period have been well documented and their place in the world military history amply secured. With this book, Antonio Cussen resurrects the intellectual and cultural milieu within which Spanish America's independence generation existed, and reminds us just how much ideas and words mattered to them." H-Net Reviews

• Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Caracas (1781–1810): 1. Augustan Caracas; 2. Revolt; Part II. London (1810–29); 3. Independence; 4. The reconquest; 5. The decided revolution; 6. The new Augustus; 7. The campaign of the monarchists; 8. Poetry visits America; 9. 'Agricultura'; 10. Bolívar poetics; Part III. Santiago: (1829–65): 11. The liberal poets; 12. The exile; Appendix; Notes; Bibliographical note; Index.