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The Girondins of Chile
Reminiscences of an Eyewitness
by Benjamin Vicuna Mackenna ; Cristian Gazmuri R.
ISBN: 019515181X
ISBN-13: 9780195151817
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
Published date: 2003
Size: 5.5 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.3 pounds
Pages: 42
Publisher's Notes
Offers an eyewitness account of the 1851 uprising in Chile and the activities of the young liberals of Santiago who were inspired by events in France to bring change to their own society.
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The Girondins of Chile: Reminiscences of an Eyewitness (Library of Latin America)
MacKenna, Benjamin Vicuna
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GIRONDINS OF CHILES: Reminiscences of an Eyewitness [Series: Library of Latin America]
Mackenna, Benjamin Vicuna [translated by John H. R. Polt; edited by Cristian Gazmuri]
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. li, 42 pp. Half of this small book is composed of the editor's lengthy historical introduction, entitled "The Chilean Girondins and Their Time." The English translation of Mackenna's (1831-1886) original Spanish text ("Jirondinos chilenos"; published as newspaper essays in 1879) concludes the book. Very light handling wear to covers; text clean and free of all marks.. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 21 x 14 cm. ( more information)
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Benjamin Vicuna MacKenna; Editor-Cristian Gazmuri; Translator-John Polt
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