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The Resource Empires of the Atlantic world : Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830, J.H. Elliott

Empires of the Atlantic world : Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830, J.H. Elliott

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Empires of the Atlantic world : Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830
Title
Empires of the Atlantic world
Title remainder
Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830
Statement of responsibility
J.H. Elliott
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
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Elliott, J. H.
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • British
  • Spaniards
  • America
  • Great Britain
  • Spain
  • America
  • United States
Label
Empires of the Atlantic world : Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830, J.H. Elliott
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-516) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: Worlds overseas. -- Intrusion and empire. Hernán Cortés and Christopher Newton ; Motives and methods. -- Occupying American space. Symbolic occupation ; Physical occupation ; Peopling the land. -- Confronting American peoples. A mosaic of peoples ; Christianity and civility ; Coexistence and segregation. -- Exploring American resources. Plunder and 'improvement' ; Labor supply ; Transatlantic economies. -- Crown and colonists. The framework of empire ; Authority and resistance. -- The ordering of society. Hierarchy and control ; Social antagonism and emerging elites. -- America as sacred space. God's providential design ; The church and society ; A plurality of creeds. -- Empire and identity. Transatlantic communities ; Creole communities ; Cultural communities. -- Societies on the move. Expanding populations ; Moving frontiers ; Slave and free. -- War and reform. The Seven Years War and imperial defence ; The drive for reform ; Redefining imperial relationships. -- Empires in crisis. Ideas in ferment ; A community divided ; A crisis contained. -- A new world in the making. The search for legitimacy ; The end of empire ; The emancipation of America ; Contrasting experiences
Control code
62421207
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
xx, 546 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780300114317
Isbn Type
(cl. : alk. paper)
Lccn
2005034842
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color)
Label
Empires of the Atlantic world : Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830, J.H. Elliott
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-516) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: Worlds overseas. -- Intrusion and empire. Hernán Cortés and Christopher Newton ; Motives and methods. -- Occupying American space. Symbolic occupation ; Physical occupation ; Peopling the land. -- Confronting American peoples. A mosaic of peoples ; Christianity and civility ; Coexistence and segregation. -- Exploring American resources. Plunder and 'improvement' ; Labor supply ; Transatlantic economies. -- Crown and colonists. The framework of empire ; Authority and resistance. -- The ordering of society. Hierarchy and control ; Social antagonism and emerging elites. -- America as sacred space. God's providential design ; The church and society ; A plurality of creeds. -- Empire and identity. Transatlantic communities ; Creole communities ; Cultural communities. -- Societies on the move. Expanding populations ; Moving frontiers ; Slave and free. -- War and reform. The Seven Years War and imperial defence ; The drive for reform ; Redefining imperial relationships. -- Empires in crisis. Ideas in ferment ; A community divided ; A crisis contained. -- A new world in the making. The search for legitimacy ; The end of empire ; The emancipation of America ; Contrasting experiences
Control code
62421207
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
xx, 546 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780300114317
Isbn Type
(cl. : alk. paper)
Lccn
2005034842
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color)

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