A Big History of North America : From Montezuma to Monroe /

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"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 Cortes. B...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fernlund, Kevin J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia : The University of Missouri Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Power (Social sciences)
Historical geography.
Discoveries in geography.
Civilization.
Power (Social sciences) > North America.
North America.
North America > Historical geography.
North America > Discovery and exploration.
North America > Civilization.
North America > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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