A Great Fear: Luís de Onís and the Shadow War Against Napoleon in Spanish America, 1808-1812

by Timothy Hawkins

An exploration of the Spanish colonial reaction to the threat of Napoleonic subversion

A Great Fear: Lu s de On s and the Shadow War against Napoleon in Spanish America, 1808-1812 explores why Spanish Americans did not take the opportunity to seize independence in this critical period when Spain was overrun by French armies and, arguably, in its weakest state. In the first years after his appointment as Spanish ambassador to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817320040
• ISBN13: 9780817320041
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"