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Frontiers of Possession : Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas /
Frontiers of Possession asks how territorial borders were established in Europe and the Americas during the early modern period and challenges the standard view that national boundaries are largely determined by military conflicts and treaties. Focusing on Spanish and Portuguese claims in the New an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I. Defining Imperial Spaces: How South America Became a Contested Territory
- 1. European Traditions: Bulls, Treaties, Possession, and Vassalage
- 2. Europeans and Indians: Conversion, Submission, and Land Rights
- PART II. Defining European Spaces: The Making of Spain and Portugal in Iberia
- 3. Fighting a Hydra: 1290- 1955
- 4. Moving Islands in a Sea of Land: 1518- 1864
- Conclusion
- ABBREVIATIONS
- NOTES
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INDEX