{"product_id":"crisis-in-an-atlantic-empire-9781421414249","title":"Crisis in an Atlantic Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflecting the authors' masterful use of archival sources and their magisterial knowledge of the era's complex metropolitan and colonial institutions, this volume is the capstone of a research endeavor spanning nearly sixty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a sophisticated, literate, and detailed analysis, eminent historians Barbara Stein and Stanley Stein dissect the interwoven responses between 1808 and 1810 in Spain and New Spain (Mexico) to the challenges resulting from Napoleon's invasion of the Iberian peninsula and the Bourbon monarchs' abdications... Based heavily on extensive archival and published primary sources, this deftly argued, magisterial work, along with its three preceding volumes- Silver, Trade, and War; Apogee of Empire; and Edge of Crisis-belongs in every academic and large public library. Essential. Choice This book is a gold mine for the sheer amount of primary sources brought to the surface...[and] a valuable contribution to the shelf of any historian dealing with the independence era in any of the Spanish colonies. H-Net Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Metropole\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. A National Drama, Act II: Aranjuez\u003cbr\u003e2. Bayonne\u003cbr\u003e3. Dos de Mayo: Insurgency\u003cbr\u003e4. Sevilla: The Struggle for Supremacy in Spain and New Spain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: Colony\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. A Contested Authority\u003cbr\u003e6. New Spain's Cuban Counterpoint\u003cbr\u003e7. The Powerful and Insecure: Mexico City'sAlmaceneros, 1808 191\u003cbr\u003e8. The Audiencia de México, Iturrigaray, and Talamantes\u003cbr\u003e9. Melchor Talamantes: Criollo Exponent of New Spain's Interests\u003cbr\u003e10. Sevilla's Comisionados and Mexico City's Juntas\u003cbr\u003e11. Viceroy Iturrigaray: Criollos and a Viceroy's Grand Design\u003cbr\u003e12. Anatomy of a Colonial Coup d'État: Mexico City, 1808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Metropole\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Junta de Sevilla, Consejo de Castilla, and the Genesis of the Junta Central\u003cbr\u003e14. Junta Central: Ideologues and Ideology\u003cbr\u003e15. Junta Central versus Junta de Sevilla: The Colonial Question\u003cbr\u003e16. Financing the Resistance in Spain\u003cbr\u003e17. Dissolution of the Junta Central\u003cbr\u003e18. Regencia and Junta de Cadiz\u003cbr\u003e19. The Pivotal Orden of 17 May 1810\u003cbr\u003e20. Colonial Insurrection and the Call for the Cortes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four: Colony\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21. An Eroding Colonial System: New Spain, 1808–1810\u003cbr\u003e22. Fissures in the Colonial Elite: Merchants\u003cbr\u003e23. Fire under the Embers: Between Preemptive Coup and Insurrection\u003cbr\u003e24. The Regencia's Comisionados and Bishop-Elect Abad y Queipo\u003cbr\u003e25. Oprimidos y Opresores\u003cbr\u003e26. \"No Hay Más Recurso Que Ir a Coger Gachupines\"\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529530024279,"sku":"9781421414249","price":65.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421414249.jpg?v=1731875976","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/crisis-in-an-atlantic-empire-9781421414249","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}