TY - BOOK AU - Chasteen,John Charles TI - Heroes on horseback: a life and times of the last gaucho caudillos T2 - DiaÃÅlogos SN - 0826315976 U1 - 981.05 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Albuquerque PB - University of New Mexico Press KW - Saravia, Aparicio, KW - Saraiva, Gumersindo, KW - Caudillos KW - Uruguay KW - History KW - Brazil KW - Rio Grande do Sul KW - 1875-1904 KW - Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) KW - Federalist Revolution, 1893-1895 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-232) and index N2 - "Well-written study of 19th-century caudillismo and border politics looks at both leaders and followers during the 1893-94 Federalist War and subsequent uprisings in Uruguay. The caudillos were charismatic leaders who embodied the values and aspirations of the rural masses on both sides of the border, values represented by the 'myth of the patriada.'"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58 UR - http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0a2d2-aa ER -