Isbn: 9780816518593 - contested ground: comparative frontiers on the northern and southern edges of the spanish empire (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book size 6 x 9.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG. 1st Edition. 275 pp. notes, biblio. In this book, nine historians, three anthropologists, and one sociologist compare and contrast these fringes of New Spain between 1500 and 1880, showing that in each region the frontier represented contested ground where different cultures and polities clashed in ways heretofore little understood. The contributors reveal similarities in Indian-white relations, military policy, economic development, and social structure; and they show differences in instances such as the emergence of a major urban center in the south and the activities of rival powers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…