Entre el antiguo y el nuevo régimen. La historia política hispanoamericana del siglo XIX

Abstract

This article analyzes the new historiographic perspectives developed in recent studies of 19th century Spanish American political history. Grouping these studies around three fundamental topics - political citizenship and nation building, violence and war, and the institutionalization of the state - it underlines how these new interpretations help modify the image of the 19th century as one characterized by violence, anarchy, and political boss-rule (caudillismo).