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Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830
by J. H. Elliott
by J. H. Elliott
A hefty tome with an excellent premise: comparing and contrasting the Spanish and English empires in the New World. Solid tripartite organization into three parts:
1. Occupation (e.g., Ch. 1 Cortes and Newport: Motives & Methods)
2. Consolidation (e.g., Ch. 5 Crown and Colonists: The framework of empire; authority and resistance)
3. Emancipation (e.g., Ch. 11 Empires in crisis: Ideas in Ferment; a community divided; a crisis contained)
However, the prose is rather dense, meandering and unengaging, and comparing/contrasting seems secondary to mere juxtaposition of analysis.
1. Occupation (e.g., Ch. 1 Cortes and Newport: Motives & Methods)
2. Consolidation (e.g., Ch. 5 Crown and Colonists: The framework of empire; authority and resistance)
3. Emancipation (e.g., Ch. 11 Empires in crisis: Ideas in Ferment; a community divided; a crisis contained)
However, the prose is rather dense, meandering and unengaging, and comparing/contrasting seems secondary to mere juxtaposition of analysis.
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