Sovereignty and Revolution in the Iberian Atlantic

by Jeremy Adelman

Book Overview

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 sovereignty emerged in the Americas as a response to European imperial crises in the age of revolutions. Jeremy Adelman reveals how many modern-day uncertainties about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691142777
• ISBN13: 9780691142777
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"