“…Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been protecting country since time immemorial. One way they have continued these traditions in recent times is through service in the Australian military, both overseas and within Australia. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Americas in the rise of industrial capitalism / John Tutino -- The Cádiz liberal revolution and Spanish American independence / Roberto Breña -- Union, capitalism, and slavery in the "rising empire" of the United States / Adam Rothman -- From slave colony to Black nation : Haiti's revolutionary inversion / Carolyn Fick -- Cuban counterpoint : colonialism and continuity in the Atlantic world / David Sartorius -- Atlantic transformations and Brazil's imperial independence / Kirsten Schultz -- Becoming Mexico : the conflictive search for a North American nation / Alfredo Ávila and John Tutino -- The republic of Guatemala : stitching together a new country / Jordana Dym -- From one patria, two nations in the Andean heartland / Sarah C. …”