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Sovereignty and Revolution in the Iberian Atlantic.

This book takes a bold new look at both Spain's and Portugal's New World empires in a trans-Atlantic context. It argues that modern notions of sovereignty in the Atlantic world have been unstable, contested, and equivocal from the start. It shows how much contemporary notions of sovereignt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adelman, Jeremy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover Page
  • Half-title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction The Labyrinth of Sovereignty
  • 1. Empires That Bleed
  • 2. Capitalism and Slavery on Imperial Hinterlands
  • 3. Between War and Peace
  • 4. The Wealth of Empires
  • 5. Spanish Secessions
  • 6. Brazilian Counterpoints
  • 7. Dissolutions of the Spanish Atlantic
  • 8. Crossing the Rubicon
  • 9. Revolution and Sovereignty
  • Afterword
  • Index