The Spanish frontier in North America /

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In 1513, when Ponce de Leon stepped ashore on a beach of what is now Florida, Spain gained its first foothold in North America. For the next three hundred years, Spaniards ranged through the continent building forts to defend strategic places, missions to proselytize Indians, and farms, ranches, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weber, David J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1992.
Colección:Yale Western Americana series (Unnumbered)
Temas:
To 1848
Spaniards > Southwest, New > History.
Spaniards > Southern States > History.
Espagnols > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
Espagnols > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Spaniards
Spanjaarden.
Kolonisatie.
Frontier.
Southwest, New > History > To 1848.
Southern States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1848.
États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Southern States
New Southwest
Southern States > History.
United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Spain > Colonies > America.
North America > History > To 1810.
Southwestern States > History > To 1848.
North America > History, to 1799
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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