Ricketts, Mónica <br/><br/>
Who should rule? Men of Arms, the Republic of Letters, and the Fall of the Spanish Empire 

 - New York:  Oxford University Press,  2017 
 - 314 p.  il., col. 
<br/><br/> Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part one imperial reform: contentious consequences, 1760-1808 -- Toward a New Imperial Elite -- Merit and Its Subersive New Roles -- The King's Most Loyal Subjects -- From Men of Letters to Political Actors -- Imperial Turmoil: conflicts old and new, 1805-1830 -- Liberalism and War, 1805-1830 -- Liberalism and War, 1805-1830 -- Abascal and the Problem of Letters in Peru, 1806-1816 -- Pens, Politics, and Swords: A Path to Pervasive Unrest, 1820-1830 -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780190494889 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>BORBONES<br/>POLITICA Y GOBIERNO<br/>ELITES<br/>POLITICA CULTURAL<br/>HISTORIA