Empires of the Atlantic world : Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830
Elliott, J. H. (John Huxtable)2020
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An enthralling account of the entwined histories of Britain, Spain, and their empires in the Americas This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus's arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule in the early nineteenth century. J. H. Elliott, one of the most distinguished and versatile historians working today, offers us history on a grand scale, contrasting the worlds built by Britain and by Spain on the ruins of the civilizations they encountered and destroyed in North and South America.Elliott identifies and explains both the similarities and differences in the two empires' processes of colonization, the character of their colonial societies, their distinctive styles of imperial government, and the independence movements mounted against them. Based on wide reading in the history of the two great Atlantic civilizations, the book sets the Spanish and British colonial empires in the context of their own times and offers us insights into aspects of this dual history that still influence the Americas.
Main title:
Author:
Elliott, J. H. (John Huxtable), author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2020.
Collation:
xx, 546 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Notes:
First published, in hardback: 2006. First paperback edition: 2007.Reissued in 2020 with ISBN 9780300253399.Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-516) and index.
ISBN:
9780300253399 (paperback)
Dewey class:
970.02970
LC class:
E18.82
Language:
English
Subject:
British -- Atlantic Ocean Region -- HistorySpaniards -- Atlantic Ocean Region -- HistoryBritishBritish coloniesColonizationSpaniardsSpanish coloniesHistoryColonialism & imperialismNorth AmericaSouth & Central America, Latin AmericaHistory of the AmericasEuropean historySpainThe AmericasPortugalAmerica -- History -- To 1810Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- HistorySpain -- Colonies -- America -- HistoryAmerica -- ColonizationUnited States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775AmericaAtlantic Ocean RegionUnited StatesHistory
BRN:
3948620