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How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History

By (author) Felipe Fernández-Armesto, By (author) Manuel Lucena Giraldo

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""Sixteenth-century Spain was small, poor, disunited and sparsely populated. Yet the Spaniards and their allies built the largest empire the world had ever seen. How did they achieve this? Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo argue that Spain’s engineers were critical to this venture. The Spanish invested in infrastructure to the advantage of local power brokers, enhancing the abilities of incumbent elites to grow wealthy on trade, and widening the arc of Spanish influence. Bringing to life stories of engineers, prospectors, soldiers and priests, the authors paint a vivid portrait of Spanish America in the age of conquest. This is a dazzling new history of the Spanish Empire, and a new understanding of empire itself, as a venture marked as much by collaboration as oppression.""

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Normally shipped | Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 14 days
Publisher | Reaktion Books
Published date | 1 Feb 2024
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 480
Dimensions | 234 x 156 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-1-7891-4840-4
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BISAC | history / europe / spain & portugal


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