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Language

English (en)

Date of Award

5-2-2014

Author's School

College of Arts & Sciences

Author's Department

International and Area Studies

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)

Restricted/Unrestricted

Restricted

Abstract

This thesis examines the Chilean Civil War of 1891 from the perspective of the global frameworks of the British and United States of America as an imperial rivalry and of the Chilean economy’s international position in the world economy. It also discusses the domestic divisions within Chile between the pro and anti Balmaceda coalitions, which formed for numerous reasons. It uses previously untapped primary sources to show the Chilean perspective and the effects on the Civil War. This work incorporates the expanding power of the U.S., therefore placing the Civil War in a global foreign policy and private interest context. Additionally, it utilizes a wide-range of previous literature to highlight the roles of these two contexts and their impact on the Civil War. It engages the interplay between this internal conflict and the international involvement as contributing factors in causing, sustaining and ending the Civil War. New insights provide information that previously lacked in past works, underscoring the U.S.’s increased interest in the region and Britain’s fading involvement.

Mentor

Steven Hirsch

Additional Advisors

Ignacio Sánchez Prado

Comments

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