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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.