Discovering the undefinable end of the Spanish Empire

The fall of the Spanish Empire: that period in the nineteenth century when it lost its colonies in Spanish America and the Philippines. How did it happen? What did the process of the "end of empire" look like?Empire's End considers the nation's imperial legacy beyond this period, all the way up to the present moment. In addition to scrutinizing the political, economic, and social implications of this "end," these chapters emphasize the cultural impact of this process through an analysis of a wide range of representations—literature, literary histories, periodical publications, scientific texts, national symbols, museums, architectural monuments, and tourist routes—that formed the basis of transnational connections and exchange. The book breaks new ground by addressing the ramifications of Spain's imperial project in relation to its former colonies, not only in Spanish America, but also in North Africa and the Philippines, thus generating new insights into the circuits of cultural exchange that link these four geographical areas that are rarely considered together.

Empire's End showcases the work of scholars of literature, cultural studies, and history, centering on four interrelated issues crucial to understanding the end of the Spanish empire: the mappings of the Hispanic Atlantic, race, human rights, and the legacies of empire.

Introduction
Akiko Tsuchiya

Hispanism, Transatlantic Studies, and the Problem of Cultural History
Sebastiaan Faber

Liverpool and the Luso-Hispanic World: Negotiating Global Histories at Empire's End
Kirsty Hooper

The Genius of Columbus and the Mixture of Races: How the Rhetoric of Fusion Defined the End and Beginning of Empire and in Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Spain
Joshua Goode

Theorizing Racial Hybridity in Nineteenth-Century Spain and Spanish America
Alda Blanco

"El color nacional": Race, Nation, and the Philippine Ilustrados
Joyce Tolliver

Spanish Prisoners: War and Captivity in Spain's Imperial Crisis
Christopher Schmidt-Nowara

Empire's End, Long Live the Empire: The Rise and Fall of Empires in the Spanish Caribbean of the Nineteenth Century
William Luis

The Spanish Empire on the Wane: Africa, Galdós, and the Moroccan Wars
Michael Ugarte

Inscribing Indianos into Modern Imperial Histories
Lisa Surwillo

Hispanic Studies and the Legacy of Empire
Alejandro Mejías-López