9780822358831-0822358832-Families in War and Peace: Chile from Colony to Nation

Families in War and Peace: Chile from Colony to Nation

ISBN-13: 9780822358831
ISBN-10: 0822358832
Author: Sarah C. Chambers
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Format: Paperback 304 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780822358831
ISBN-10: 0822358832
Author: Sarah C. Chambers
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Format: Paperback 304 pages

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Families in War and Peace: Chile from Colony to Nation (ISBN-13: 9780822358831 and ISBN-10: 0822358832), written by authors Sarah C. Chambers, was published by Duke University Press Books in 2015. With an overall rating of 3.8 stars, it's a notable title among other South America (Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Families in War and Peace: Chile from Colony to Nation (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used South America books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.89.

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In Families in War and Peace Sarah C. Chambers places gender analysis and family politics at the center of Chile's struggle for independence and its subsequent state building. Linking the experiences of both prominent and more humble families to Chile's political and legal history, Chambers argues that matters such as marriage, custody, bloodlines, and inheritance were crucial to Chile's transition from colony to nation. She shows how men and women extended their familial roles to mobilize kin networks for political ends, both during and after the Chilean revolution. From the conflict's end in 1823 until the 1850s, the state adopted the rhetoric of paternal responsibility along with patriarchal authority, which became central to the state building process. Chilean authorities, Chambers argues, garnered legitimacy by enacting or enforcing paternalist laws on property restitution, military pensions, and family maintenance allowances, all of which provided for diverse groups of Chileans. By acting as the fathers of the nation, they aimed to reconcile the "greater Chilean family" and form a stable government and society.

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