Families in War and Peace: Chile from Colony to Nation

Author/Contributor(s):	Chambers, Sarah C
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	05/22/2015
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Sarah C. Chambers examines the important role that family played in Chile's transition from colony to nation in the early eighteenth century. She shows how family members mobilized family networks for political ends, and argues that the Chilean state enacted paternalist laws to form a stable government and society.