Part I. One sole monarchy: 'one sole nation'
advocates, critics, and challengers
Negotiation, networks, linkages
An alternative vision? Andean perceptions of the Hispanic monarchy
The idea of metropolis and empire as one nation
Part II. Salvaging the greater nation: constitutionalism or absolutism?
Iberian monarchies in crisis: juntas, congresses, constitutions
Hispanic America
violence unleashed
The first Spanish constitutional experiment: the 'one sole nation' and its opponents (1810-1814)
The counter-revolution and its opponents (1814-1820)
Part III. Shattering the greater nation: fragmentation, separate sovereign states, and the search for legitimacy
Metropolitan Iberia: focus of disunion (1820-1830)
The divergence of the American territories (1820-1830)
Independence
territory, peoples, nations
Final reflections.