Spain and the American Revolution

New Approaches and Perspectives
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-00055-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 241 mm x 439 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

Though the participation of France in the American Revolution is well established in the historiography, the role of Spain, France’s ally, is relatively understudied and underappreciated. Spain's involvement in the conflict formed part of a global struggle between empires and directly influenced the outcome of the clash between Britain and its North American colonists. Following the establishment of American independence, the Spanish empire became one of the nascent republic's most significant neighbors and, often illicitly, trading partners. Bringing together essays from a range of well-regarded historians, this volume contributes significantly to the international history of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paquette, Gabriel

Quintero Saravia, Gonzalo M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Contributor Biographies



Gabriel Paquette and Gonzalo Quintero Saravia

Introduction: Spain and the American Revolution



Anthony McFarlane

The American Revolution and Spanish America, 1776-1814



Larrie D. Ferreiro

The Rise and Fall of the Spanish–French Bourbon Armada, from Toulon to Pensacola to Trafalgar



María Bárbara Zepeda Cortés

José’s Secrets: Minister Gálvez’s Master Plan for Spain’s Participation in the American Revolution



Manuel Lucena-Giraldo

"Foreseeing what great occasions might come": American Independence and Spanish Naval Reformers



Emily Berquist Soule

The Spanish Slave Trade during the American Revolutionary War





John W. Nelson

Spain's Bid for the American Interior? The Imperial Contest over the Revolutionary Great Lakes



Emmanuelle Perez Tisserant

Spain and the American Revolution: A Pacific Perspective



Benjamin C. Lyons

Law in Early Modern Diplomacy: The Jay-Floridablanca Negotiations of 1780



Mary-Jo Kline

Sarah Livingston Jay (1756-1802): A Republican Lady in Spain



Ross Michael Nedervelt

Securing the Borderlands/seas in the American Revolution: The Spanish-American Alliance and Regional Security against the British Empire



Gregg French

Spain and the Birth of the America Republic: Establishing Lasting Bonds of Kinship in the Revolutionary Era



Eric Becerra

A New Guardian: The Values of the American Revolution in Post-Revolutionary Spanish Louisiana Settlements



Eduardo Posada-Carbó

Spanish America and US Constitutionalism in the Age of Revolution

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gabriel Paquette is Professor of History and International Studies at the University of Oregon. He was Sons of the American Revolution Visiting Professor at King’s College London in 2017–2018.

Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia, a senior Spanish diplomat, is author of Bernardo de Gálvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution, which recently won the Society for Military History’s Best Book Prize.