“A major contribution to our understanding of late colonial Spanish America.”—John Fisher, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies“The People and the King skillfully unites narrative with analysis, and achieves its effects with a fine economy. It is Phelan’s best book and indeed it is one of the best and most readable books written on the eighteenth century in Spanish America.”—D. A. Brading, Centre for Latin American Studies, Bulletin of the Society for Latin American Studies“A major contribution to our understanding of colonial Latin America. This well-written and well-documented history is recommended to both students and researchers of Latin American history and culture.”—The Colonial Latin American Historical Review
