Spain and Portugal in the New World, 1492-1700 (Europe and the World in Age of Expansion) - Softcover

McAlister, Lyle N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816612188 ISBN 13: 9780816612185

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 1984

Synopsis

Spain and Portugal in the New World, 1492-1700 was first published in 1984. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Spanish and Portuguese expansion substantially altered the social, political, and economic contours of the modern world. In his book, Lyle McAlister provides a narrative and interpretive history of the exploration and settlement of the Americas by Spain and Portugal.

McAlister divides this period (and the book) into three parts. First, he describes the formation of Old World societies with particular attention to those features that influenced the directions and forms of overseas expansion. Second, he traces the dynamic processes of conquest and colonization that between 1492 and about 1570 firmly established Spanish and Portuguese dominion in the New World. The third part deals with colonial growth and consolidation down to about 1700. McAlister's main themes are: the post-conquest territorial expansion that established the limits of what later came to be called Latin America, the emergence of distinctively Spanish and Portuguese American societies and economies, the formation of systems of imperial control and exploitation, and the ways in which conflicts between imperial and American interests were reconciled.

This comprehensive history, with its extensive bibliographic essay and attention to historiographic issues, will be a standard reference for students and scholars of the period.

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About the Author

Lyle N. McAlister earned his doctorate in history at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1950, and taught for many years at the University of Florida, where he was Distinguished Service Professor of History. He was director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Florida in the mid-1960s, and in 1972 chaired the Conference on Latin American History. McAlister is the author of The Fuero Militar in New Spain, 1764-1800, and editor and principal author of The Military in Latin American Sociopolitical Evolution.

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Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible to scholars, students, researchers, and general readers. Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The books offered through Minnesota Archive Editions are produced in limited quantities according to customer demand and are available through select distribution partners.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0816612188
• ISBN 13: 9780816612185
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 620