Spaniards in the colonial empire
creoles vs. peninsulars?
- ISBN: 9781405196413
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Fecha de la edición: 2012
- Lugar de la edición: Chichester. Reino Unido
- Colección: Viewpoints/Puntos de Vista
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 22 cm
- Nº Pág.: 216
- Idiomas: Inglés
Spaniards in the Colonial Empire traces the privileges, prejudices, and conflicts between American-born and European-born Spaniards, within the Spanish colonies in the Americas from the sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries. *Covers three centuries of Spanish colonial power, beginning in the sixteenth century *Explores social tension between creole and peninsular factions, connecting this friction with later colonial bids for independence *Draws on recent research by Spanish and Spanish-American historians as well as Anglophone scholars *Includes some coverage of Brazil and British colonies.