Chapter II: The United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, Paraguay and the Republic of Uruguay

Author(s):  
Gustavo Fares
2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (02) ◽  
pp. 223-253
Author(s):  
Geneviève Verdo

Abstract This article considers the different political forms that emerged after the former viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (which would eventually become Argentina) became independent. Based on the case of the Republic of Córdoba in the 1820s, it analyzes the territorial and institutional construction of an original political entity, the sovereign province. At the end of the eighteenth century, the reforms put in place under the Spanish Monarchy reinforced and politicized the territorial bodies that made up its empire, a process that continued after the revolution of independence. This created a tension between the sovereignty of these territorial bodies and the sovereignty of the “nation,” which operated according to different territorial constructions and brought different conceptions of sovereignty into play. While the Republic of Córdoba consolidated its internal sovereignty, it was also working toward integration into a larger political entity, envisaged as a confederation.


Author(s):  
Agustín Daniel Desiderato

Este artículo explora algunas cuestiones de la cotidianidad a bordo de los buques corsarios de las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata, adoptando enfoques y preguntas que incluyen, como objeto de estudio, a los marineros, es decir, la jerarquía más baja de la tripulación. El marco cronológico elegido corresponde a los años en que las Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata emplearon un corso marítimo, en su lucha por la independencia de la corona española y la guerra contra el Imperio del Brasil. This article explores some of the daily life issues that took place on board privateer ships of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, adopting approaches and concerns that involve the lower hierarchy of the crew, the sailors, as the object of study. The chronological framework chosen corresponds to the years in which the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata employed a sea privateering in their struggle for independence from the Spanish crown, and the war against the Brazilian Empire.


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