Empires that bleed -- Capitalism, slavery on imperial hinterlands -- Between war and peace -- The wealth of empires -- Spanish secessions -- Brazilian counterpoints -- Dissolutions of the Spanish Atlantic -- Crossing the Rubicon -- Revolution and sovereignty

"In A Feast of Flowers, Christopher Krupa examines the racial ideologies underlying capitalist expansion in the Global South. Focusing on Ecuador's booming cut-flower sector, Krupa shows how capitalist expansion bound the Global South to new modes of financial dependency and subjected Indigenous...