How the Spanish empire was built: a 400 year history
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Published:
London : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2024.
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Book
Physical Desc:
349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781789148404, 1789148405, 9781789148404, 1789148405
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-334) and index.
Description
"The untold story of the engineering behind the empire, showing how imperial Spain built upon existing infrastructure and hierarchies of the Inca, Aztec, and more, to further its growth. Sixteenth-century Spain was small, poor, disunited, and sparsely populated. Yet the Spaniards and their allies built the largest empire the world had ever seen. How did they achieve this? Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo argue that Spain's engineers were critical to this venture. The Spanish invested in infrastructure to the advantage of local power brokers, enhancing the abilities of incumbent elites to grow wealthy on trade, and widening the arc of Spanish influence. Bringing to life stories of engineers, prospectors, soldiers, and priests, the authors paint a vivid portrait of Spanish America in the age of conquest. This is a dazzling new history of the Spanish Empire, and a new understanding of empire itself, as a venture marked as much by collaboration as oppression"--,Provided by publisher.
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Translated from the Spanish.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Fernández-Armesto, F., & Lucena Giraldo, M. (2024). How the Spanish empire was built: a 400 year history. Reaktion Books Ltd.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Fernández-Armesto, Felipe and Manuel Lucena Giraldo. 2024. How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History. Reaktion Books Ltd.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Fernández-Armesto, Felipe and Manuel Lucena Giraldo, How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History. Reaktion Books Ltd, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Fernández-Armesto, Felipe and Manuel Lucena Giraldo. How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History. Reaktion Books Ltd, 2024.
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