TY - BOOK AU - Fanning,Tim TI - Paisanos: the Irish and the liberation of Latin America SN - 9780268104917 AV - F1419.I77 F36 2018 U1 - 980/.0049162009033 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Notre Dame, Indiana PB - University of Notre Dame Press KW - Irish KW - Latin America KW - History KW - 18th century KW - 19th century KW - South America KW - Revolutionaries KW - Irlandais KW - Amérique latine KW - Histoire KW - 18e siècle KW - 19e siècle KW - Amérique du Sud KW - Révolutionnaires KW - HISTORY KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - Civilization KW - Irish influences KW - fast KW - Civilisation KW - Influence irlandaise KW - Electronic books N1 - "First published in 2016 by Gill Books in Ireland."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Geese -- Remaking the New World -- A new model army -- The King of Peru -- Spain under siege -- The propagandist priest -- Merchants, sailors, soldiers, spies -- Revolution -- The battle for the River Plate -- General O'Higgins -- Bolívar's Irish volunteers -- The Hibernian regiment and the Irish Legion -- Death in the Andes -- The San Patricios -- The kingdom of God -- Home -- After the revolution -- The 'new Erin' -- Making history -- The 'spiritual empire' N2 - "In the early nineteenth century, thousands of volunteers left Ireland behind to join the fight for South American independence. Lured by the promise of adventure, fortune, and the opportunity to take a stand against colonialism, they braved the treacherous Atlantic crossing to join the ranks of the Liberator, Simón Bolívar, and became instrumental in helping oust the Spanish from Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Today, the names of streets, towns, schools, and football teams on the continent bear witness to their influence. But it was not just during wars of independence that the Irish helped transform Spanish America. Irish soldiers, engineers, and politicians, who had fled Ireland to escape religious and political persecution in their homeland, were responsible for changing the face of the Spanish colonies in the Americas during the eighteenth century. They included a chief minister of Spain, Richard Wall; a chief inspector of the Spanish Army, Alexander O'Reilly; and the viceroy of Peru, Ambrose O'Higgins. Whether telling the stories of armed revolutionaries like Bernardo O'Higgins and James Rooke or retracing the steps of trailblazing women like Eliza Lynch and Camila O'Gorman, Paisanos revisits a forgotten chapter of Irish history and, in so doing, reanimates the hopes, ambitions, ideals, and romanticism that helped fashion the New World and sowed the seeds of Ireland's revolutions to follow."--Provided by publisher UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1856078 ER -