"In the first decades of the 1800s, after almost three centuries of Iberian rule, former Spanish territories fragmented into more than a dozen new polities. Edge of Empire analyzes the emergence of Montevideo as a hot spot of Atlantic trade and regional center of power, often opposing Buenos...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A Portuguese Town in Río de la Plata -- 2. Departing without Leaving: Luso-Brazilians under the Viceroyalty -- 3. Transimperial Cooperation: Commerce and War in the South Atlantic -- 4. The Making of...

"The Political Economy of Imperial Relations considers the relationship between Britain and Malaya after World War Two in theoretical and historical terms. It develops a new approach to imperialism, situating an understanding of the state in terms of the global economy. This approach challenges...