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Bourbon Peru, 1750-1824

By considering Bourbon Peru in a chronological framework which begins at mid-century rather than 1700, this book focuses the reader?s attention on the key issue of the relationship between colonial reform in the late eighteenth century and the creation of an independent Peruvian state in the 1820s. Fisher sets out some uncluttered responses to this question, emphasising continuities between the two forms of regime rather than change. The author?s arguments are underpinned by a comprehensive review of the major elements of Peru?s economic, social and political development for the half century f.

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