The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions: Volume 3, The Iberian Empires (The Cambridge History of the Age of the Atlantic Revolutions)

Volume III covers the Iberian Empires and the important ethnic dimension of the Ibero-American independence movements, revealing the contrasting dynamics created by the Spanish imperial crisis at home and in the colonies. It bears out the experimental nature of political changes, the shared experiences and contrasts across different areas, and the connections to the revolutionary French Caribbean. The special nature of the emancipatory processes launched in the European metropoles of Spain and Portugal is explored, as are the connections between Spanish America and Brazil, as well as between Brazil and Portuguese Africa. It ends with an assessment of Brazil and how the survival of slavery is shown to have been essential to the new monarchy, although simultaneously, enslaved people began pressing their own demands, just like the indigenous population. Contents List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables Contributors to Volume III Preface Introduction PART I: THE SPANISH EMPIRE 1 The Spanish Empire: General Overview 2 The Spanish Empire on the Eve of American Independence 3 The Cortes of Cádiz and the Spanish Liberal Revolution of 1810-1814: Atlantic and Spanish American Dimensions 4 The Constitutional Triennium in Spain, 1820-1823 5 Mexico: From Civil War to the War of Independence, 1808-1825 6 Central America 7 War and Revolution in the Southern Cone, 1808-1824 8 Caribbean South America: Free People of Color, Republican Experiments, Military Strategies, and the Caribbean Connection on the Path to Independence 9 The Southernmost Revolution. The Río de la Plata in the Early Nineteenth Century 10 Royalists, Monarchy, and Political Transformation in the Spanish Atlantic World during the Age of Revolutions 11 Africans and their Descendants in the Spanish Empire in the Age of Revolutions 12 Concepts on the Move: Constitution, Citizenship, Federalism, and Liberalism across Spain and Spanish Atlantic 13 Patriarchy, Misogyny, and Politics in the Age of Revolutions 14 Impact of the French Caribbean Revolutions in Continental Iberian America, 1791-1833 15 Deferred but not Avoided: Great Britain and Latin American Independence PART II: BRAZIL, PORTUGAL, AND AFRICA 16 Overview: The Independence Era in the Luso-Brazilian World 17 Portugal’s Social and Political Change from the Ancien Régime to Liberalism 18 Conservative Tracks toward Independence: Transfer of the Court to Rio de Janeiro, the Porto Revolution, and Brazilian Autonomy 19 Building New Brazilian Institutions 20 Slaves, Indians, and the “Classes of Color”: Popular Participation in Brazilian Independence 21 Brazil and the Independence of Spanish America: Parallel Trajectories, Linked Processes, 1807-1825 22 Waves of Sedition across the Atlantic: Liberal Politics in Angola in the Wake of Brazilian Independence (c. 1817-1825) Index "Full set: In three volumes, The Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions brings together experts on all corners of the Atlantic World who reveal the age in all its complexity. The Age of Atlantic Revolutions formed the transition from an era marked by monarchical rule, privileges, and colonialism to an age that stood out for republican rule, legal equality, and the sovereignty of American nations. The seventy-one chapters included reflect the latest trends and discussions on this transformative part of history, highlighting not only the causes, key events, and consequences of the revolutions, but stressing the political experimentation, contingency, and survival of colonial institutions. The volumes also examine the attempts of enslaved and indigenous people, and free people of color, to change their plight, offering a much-needed revision to R.R. Palmer's first synthesis of this era sixty years ago. This three-volume set examines the half-century that saw sweeping changes across the Atlantic World; where monarchies were replaced by republics, privileges by equal rights, and American colonies by independent countries. This comprehensive analysis will interest scholars and students of history, politics and sociology." Provided by publisher