Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. An introduction; 2. Revolution: the view from Spain; 3. The military solution; 4. The logistics of reconquest; 5. Economic and commercial reform; 6. The aftermath of imperial decline; 7. A new relationship; 8. The diplomatic initiative; Epilogue; Notes; Sources and works cited; Index.

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This book examines the Spanish response, military, economic and social, to the anti-imperial revolutions of Latin America in the early nineteenth century.