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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Herzog, Tamar (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Imperialism > History.
Impérialisme > Histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > Spain & Portugal.
Diplomatic relations.
Imperialism.
Portuguese colonies.
Spanish colonies.
Territorial expansion.
Expansionspolitik
Grenzkonflikt
Diplomatiska förbindelser > historia.
Gränser > historia.
Kolonier > historia.
Imperialism > historia.
Spain > Foreign relations.
Spain > Territorial expansion > History.
Portugal > Foreign relations.
Portugal > Territorial expansion > History.
Spain > Colonies > America > History.
Portugal > Colonies > America > History.
Espagne > Relations extérieures.
Portugal > Relations extérieures.
Espagne > Colonies > Amérique > Histoire.
Portugal > Colonies > Histoire.
America.
Portugal.
Spain.
Portugal
Spanien
Südamerika
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Defining imperial spaces: how South America became a contested territory.
  • European traditions: bulls, treaties, possession, and vassalage
  • Europeans and Indians: conversion, submission, and land rights
  • Defining European spaces: the making of Spain and Portugal in Iberia.
  • Fighting a hydra: 1290-1955
  • Moving islands in a sea of land: 1518-1864.

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