Sovereignty and Revolution in the Iberian Atlantic

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Focusing on the trans-Atlantic context, the book explores the complexities of sovereignty within Spain's and Portugal's New World empires. It argues that modern ideas of sovereignty have been historically unstable, shaped by European imperial crises during the age of revolutions. Jeremy Adelman illustrates how contemporary issues surrounding property, citizenship, and human rights emerged from the intense struggles over state power in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, highlighting the ongoing impact of these historical contests.