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The Role of the Press in the Chilean Rebellion of 1851

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2015

Jack Ray Thomas
Jack Ray Thomas*
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Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
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IN the 1840s Chile witnessed the ascendancy of a group of young liberal intellectuals and politicians who were determined to alter their nation politically, economically and socially. They wanted first to curb the conservative-dominated government that had directed the country from 1830 on, and, additionally, they hoped to create the kind of liberal democracy which they believed the wars for independence had promised but conservative governments had refused to implement. They also hoped to strengthen the economy by changing landholding patterns and increasing the wages of both rural and urban workers. Finally, they wanted to eliminate the most glaring social evils of their day, thereby making a better life available for all Chileans.

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Research Article
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The Americas , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , July 1979 , pp. 59 - 78
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Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 1979

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