A magisterial history of the centuries-long conflict between “progress” and “tradition” in the world's largest international institution. In dramatic stories and sweeping panoramas …
In The Brink of Freedom David Kazanjian revises nineteenth-century conceptions of freedom by examining the ways black settler colonists in Liberia and Mayan rebels in Yucatán …
Esclavos e indígenas en la Era de la Revolución explora los mundos políticos de indígenas y esclavos en el suroccidente neogranadino entre los años 1780 y 1825, poniendo énfasis …
Modern Spain: 1808 to the Present is a comprehensive overview of Spanish history from the Napoleonic era to the present day. Places a large emphasis on Spain's place within broader …
In this new work, Brian R. Hamnett offers a comprehensive assessment of the independence era in both Spanish America and Brazil by examining the interplay between events in Iberia …
Majismo, a cultural phenomenon that embodied the popular aesthetic in Spain from the second half of the eighteenth century, served as a vehicle to “regain” Spanish heritage. As …
Who Should Rule? traces the ambitious imperial reform that empowered new and competing political actors in an era of intense imperial competition, war, and the breakdown …
From its earliest appearance in the mid-1600s, the lyric theater form of zarzuela captivated Spanish audiences with its witty writing and lively musical scores. Clinton D. Young's Music …
Se reúnen en este volumen ocho ensayos cuyo común denominador es el análisis, desde la óptica de la historia transnacional, de la compleja relación entre nacionalismo y …