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San Miguel de Allende : Colonial Society and the fight for independence / Mamie Spiegel

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Spiegel, Mamie

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Spanish Series: San Miguel de Allende (Mexico)--AuthorPublication details: San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Mexico : Mamie Spiegel , c2018Description: 114 p. : illus. : 21 cmISBN:

9780692188132

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DDC classification:

REF 972.032 SPI

Summary: San Miguel de Allende is named for Ignacio Allende, whose big house stands proudly at the corner of the most important plaza in the town. It was Allende and his buddies who, in 1810, began the war that ended in independence from Spain. Why did the war start in San Miguel? To answer this question, the book looks carefully at the society of San Miguel el Grande, as the town was called in the colonial period.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	Consulta / Referencia	REF 972.032 SPI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Non fiction		028208

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San Miguel de Allende is named for Ignacio Allende, whose big house stands proudly at the corner of the most important plaza in the town. It was Allende and his buddies who, in 1810, began the war that ended in independence from Spain. Why did the war start in San Miguel? To answer this question, the book looks carefully at the society of San Miguel el Grande, as the town was called in the colonial period.

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