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The Dictatorship of O'Higgins

Miguel Luis Amunátegui and Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna · 1917

A historical study by Chilean historians Amunátegui and Vicuña Mackenna examining O'Higgins's period of rule, based on documentary research.

A later historical study analysing O'Higgins's period as Chile's supreme director.

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Amunátegui and Vicuña Mackenna, La Dictadura de O'Higgins, 1917.

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What it is

This is a book titled La Dictadura de O'Higgins, written by Chilean historians Miguel Luis Amunátegui and Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna. This 1917 edition was published as part of a historical series; the scanned copy is held by the Internet Archive.

Why it matters

Written decades after O'Higgins's rule, this book analyses his period as Chile's supreme director using surviving documents. It reflects how later generations of Chilean historians studied and judged O'Higgins's leadership, and shows how his legacy was debated and reconstructed from evidence.

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