For centuries, communities have been founded or shaped based upon their access to natural resources and today, in our globalizing world, major natural resource developments are spreading to more remote areas. Mining operations are a good example: they have a profound impact on local communities...

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...