ISBN:
0300051980
,
0300059175
Language:
English
Pages:
XX, 579 S
,
Ill., Kt
,
26 cm
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Mathes, W. Michael [Rezension von: Weber, David J., The Spanish Frontier in North America] 1993
Series Statement:
Yale Western Americana series
DDC:
975.02
Keywords:
Spaniards History
;
Spaniards History
;
Frontier and pioneer life
;
Frontier and pioneer life
;
USA
;
Kolonialismus
;
Kolonialpolitik
;
Kolonialkrieg
;
Spanien
;
Nordamerika
;
Kolonialismus
;
Spanier
;
USA
;
Geschichte 1600-1800
Description / Table of Contents:
Worlds apart -- First encounters -- Foundations of empire: Florida and New Mexico -- Conquistadores of the spirit -- Exploitation, contention and rebellion -- Imperial rivalry and strategic expansion: Texas, the Gulf Coast and the High Plains -- Commercial rivalry, stagnation and the fortunes of war -- Indian raiders and the reorganization of frontier defenses -- Forging a transcontinental empire: New California to the Floridas -- Improvisations and retreats: the empire lost -- Frontiers and frontier peoples transformed -- The Spanish legacy and the historical imagination.
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 491 - 553
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