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A big history of North America : from Montezuma to Monroe /

"This book looks at America's initial rise to power and considers what made its relatively short path to hemispheric dominance possible. However, it does so within a continental context, and therefore begins with the conquest of the Aztec Empire of Mexico by Spain's Hernando Cortés....

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fernlund, Kevin J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : The University of Missouri Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a On method -- On asymmetry -- The Renaissance explores the East Coast -- The Enlightenment explores the West Coast -- A short history of cultural evolution -- The two Mexicos -- Mexico's axial age -- The two Spains -- Neo-Europes and middle grounds -- Transatlantic wars and transcontinental treks -- The Thucydides trap -- and the great escape -- The clinched fist and the invisible hand. 
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