Crisis in an Atlantic Empire

"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

"The authors' research is clear and meticulous, with extensive quotes from sources in Spanish and French . . . it is a book that belongs on the bookshelf of anyone interested in European expansion, Atlantic maritime competence, and Hispanic revolutions."—The Historian

"Stein and stein leave is a fascinating account of the entangled relations between money and power, between Europe and the Americas on the eve of economic liberalism. This meticulous study of policy making under duress may have an underlying structural argument about the brittleness of the Spanish ancient regime, but it never loses sight of the contingencies and complexities of rulership. It is a tour de force."—The Canadian Journal of HistoryAnnales

"Taken together, the four works are a vital reference point for the study of the Hispanic Atlantic in its period of resurgence and crisis in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Crisis in an Atlantic Empire is a fine culmination, a gripping, learned, and revelatory work that makes the reader look anew at the Hispanic world in the age of revolution."—Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, Prince of Asturias Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization, Tufts University