"Historiographically, this book rests on the fact that European transitions to modern economic growth were obstructed and promoted by the Revolution in France and 15 years of geopolitical conflict sustained by Napoleon in order to establish French Hegemony over the states and economies of...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- Part One: Metropole -- 1. A National Drama, Act II: Aranjuez -- 2. Bayonne -- 3. Dos de Mayo: Insurgency -- 4. Sevilla: The Struggle for Supremacy in Spain and New Spain -- Part Two: Colony -- 5. A Contested Authority -- 6. New Spain's Cuban...

"In British Shipping in the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars Katerina Galani investigates the impact of the French and Napoleonic wars on British maritime economic activity. Due to the close cooperation of the public and private sector at sea, the British adopted flexible business...