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An assessment of the impact of Spain on the Americas. It presents a picture of the conquests of Cortes and Pizarro and of the economic and social consequences in Spain of the effort to maintain control of vast holdings. It probes the complex administration of the empire, its economy, social structure, the influence of the Church, and more.

Table of Contents
Introduction by ].H. Plumb

PROLOGUE The tradition of conquest

PART I THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EMPIRE
I Islands and mainland in the Ocean Sea
2 Seville and the Caribbean
3 The kingdoms of the sun
4 The conquerors
5 The society of conquest
6 The maritime life-line

PART II THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPIRE
7 Rights and duties
8 The spreading of the Faith
9 The ordering of society
10 The enforcement of law

PART III THE COST OF EMPIRE
11 Demographic catastrophe
12 Economic dependence
13 Peril by sea

PART IV THE ENDURANCE OF EMPIRE
14 Decline and recovery
15 Caribbean conflicts
16 Growth and reorganisation

PART V THE DISINTEGRATION OF EMPIRE
17 Spaniards and Americans
18 The Creole revolt

CONCLUSION The aftermath of empire
Bibliographical notes
Index

The Spanish Seaborne Empire By J H Parry

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 09/08/1990
      ISBN13: 9780520071407, 978-0520071407
      ISBN10: 0520071409
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      Colonialism and imperialism National liberation and independence

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An assessment of the impact of Spain on the Americas. It presents a picture of the conquests of Cortes and Pizarro and of the economic and social consequences in Spain of the effort to maintain control of vast holdings. It probes the complex administration of the empire, its economy, social structure, the influence of the Church, and more.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction by ].H. Plumb

      PROLOGUE The tradition of conquest

      PART I THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EMPIRE
      I Islands and mainland in the Ocean Sea
      2 Seville and the Caribbean
      3 The kingdoms of the sun
      4 The conquerors
      5 The society of conquest
      6 The maritime life-line

      PART II THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPIRE
      7 Rights and duties
      8 The spreading of the Faith
      9 The ordering of society
      10 The enforcement of law

      PART III THE COST OF EMPIRE
      11 Demographic catastrophe
      12 Economic dependence
      13 Peril by sea

      PART IV THE ENDURANCE OF EMPIRE
      14 Decline and recovery
      15 Caribbean conflicts
      16 Growth and reorganisation

      PART V THE DISINTEGRATION OF EMPIRE
      17 Spaniards and Americans
      18 The Creole revolt

      CONCLUSION The aftermath of empire
      Bibliographical notes
      Index

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