Empires of the Atlantic world : Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830
An enthralling account of the entwined histories of Britain, Spain, and their empires in the Americas
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xx, 546 p., [32] p. de lams. : il. (algunos color), mapas (algunos color)
9780300114317, 9780300123999, 0300114311, 030012399X
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EMPIRES OF THE ATLANTIC WORLD
Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830By J. H. Elliott
Yale University Press
Copyright © 2006 John ElliottAll right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-300-11431-7
Contents
List of Illustrations.................................................................................................................................viiList of Maps..........................................................................................................................................xiIntroduction. Worlds Overseas.........................................................................................................................xiiiNote on the Text......................................................................................................................................xxiPart 1. Occupation1. Intrusion and Empire Hern��n Cort��s and Christopher Newport; motives and methods...................................................................32. Occupying American Space Symbolic occupation; physical occupation; peopling the land..............................................................293. Confronting American Peoples A mosaic of peoples; Christianity and civility; coexistence and segregation..........................................574. Exploiting American Resources Plunder and 'improvement'; labour supply; transatlantic economies...................................................88Part 2. Consolidation5. Crown and Colonists The framework of empire; authority and resistance.............................................................................1176. The Ordering of Society Hierarchy and control; social antagonism and emerging elites..............................................................1537. America as Sacred Space God's providential design; the church and society; a plurality of creeds..................................................1848. Empire and Identity Transatlantic communities; creole communities; cultural communities...........................................................219Part 3. Emancipation9. Societies on the Move Expanding populations; moving frontiers; slave and free.....................................................................25510. War and Reform The Seven Years War and imperial defence; the drive for reform; redefining imperial relationships.................................29211. Empires in Crisis Ideas in ferment; a community divided; a crisis contained......................................................................32512. A New World in the Making The search for legitimacy; the end of empire; the emancipation of America: contrasting experiences.....................369Epilogue..............................................................................................................................................403List of Abbreviations.................................................................................................................................412Notes.................................................................................................................................................413Bibliography..........................................................................................................................................481Index.................................................................................................................................................517
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