| Spaniards in the Colonial Empire: Creoles vs. Peninsulars? Contributor(s): Burkholder, Mark A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1405196416 ISBN-13: 9781405196413 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $28.98 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - General |
| Dewey: 980.01 |
| Series: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista: Themes and Interpretations in Latin American History |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Spaniards in the Colonial Empire traces the privileges, prejudices, and conflicts between American-born and European-born Spaniards, within the Spanish colonies in the Americas from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries. - Covers three centuries of Spanish colonial power, beginning in the sixteenth century - Explores social tension between creole and peninsular factions, connecting this friction with later colonial bids for independence - Draws on recent research by Spanish and Spanish-American historians as well as Anglophone scholars - Includes some coverage of Brazil and British colonies |