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The Imperial Nation - Citizens and Subjects in the British, French, Spanish, and American Empires (Paperback)
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The Imperial Nation - Citizens and Subjects in the British, French, Spanish, and American Empires (Paperback)
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How the legacy of monarchical empires shaped Britain, France,
Spain, and the United States as they became liberal entities
Historians view the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
as a turning point when imperial monarchies collapsed and modern
nations emerged. Treating this pivotal moment as a bridge rather
than a break, The Imperial Nation offers a sweeping examination of
four of these modern powers-Great Britain, France, Spain, and the
United States-and asks how, after the great revolutionary cycle in
Europe and America, the history of monarchical empires shaped these
new nations. Josep Fradera explores this transition, paying
particular attention to the relations between imperial centers and
their sovereign territories and the constant and changing
distinctions placed between citizens and subjects. Fradera argues
that the essential struggle that lasted from the Seven Years' War
to the twentieth century was over the governance of dispersed and
varied peoples: each empire tried to ensure domination through
subordinate representation or by denying any representation at all.
The most common approach echoed Napoleon's "special laws," which
allowed France to reinstate slavery in its Caribbean possessions.
The Spanish and Portuguese constitutions adopted "specialness" in
the 1830s; the United States used comparable guidelines to
distinguish between states, territories, and Indian reservations;
and the British similarly ruled their dominions and colonies. In
all these empires, the mix of indigenous peoples, European-origin
populations, slaves and indentured workers, immigrants, and
unassimilated social groups led to unequal and hierarchical
political relations. Fradera considers not only political and
constitutional transformations but also their social underpinnings.
Presenting a fresh perspective on the ways in which nations
descended and evolved from and throughout empires, The Imperial
Nation highlights the ramifications of this entangled history for
the subjects who lived in its shadows.
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