Empires of the Atlantic world
Elliott, J. H.
Empires of the Atlantic world Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830 / [electronic resource] : J.H. Elliott. - Yale University Press, c2006. - 1 online resource (xx, 546 p., [32] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-516) and index.
Introduction: Worlds overseas. -- Intrusion and empire. Hernán Cortés and Christopher Newton ; Motives and methods. -- Occupying American space. Symbolic occupation ; Physical occupation ; Peopling the land. -- Confronting American peoples. A mosaic of peoples ; Christianity and civility ; Coexistence and segregation. -- Exploring American resources. Plunder and 'improvement' ; Labor supply ; Transatlantic economies. -- Crown and colonists. The framework of empire ; Authority and resistance. -- The ordering of society. Hierarchy and control ; Social antagonism and emerging elites. -- America as sacred space. God's providential design ; The church and society ; A plurality of creeds. -- Empire and identity. Transatlantic communities ; Creole communities ; Cultural communities. -- Societies on the move. Expanding populations ; Moving frontiers ; Slave and free. -- War and reform. The Seven Years War and imperial defence ; The drive for reform ; Redefining imperial relationships. -- Empires in crisis. Ideas in ferment ; A community divided ; A crisis contained. -- A new world in the making. The search for legitimacy ; The end of empire ; The emancipation of America ; Contrasting experiences.
9780300133554 (electronic bk.) 0300133553 (electronic bk.)
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British--History.--Atlantic Ocean Region
Spaniards--History.--Atlantic Ocean Region
HISTORY--Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY.
America--History--To 1810.
Great Britain--Colonies--History.--America
Spain--Colonies--History.--America
America--Colonization.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
ამერიკა-- კოლონიალიზმი ამერიკაში
Electronic books.
E18.82 / .E44 2006eb
970/.02
94(73)
Empires of the Atlantic world Britain and Spain in America, 1492-1830 / [electronic resource] : J.H. Elliott. - Yale University Press, c2006. - 1 online resource (xx, 546 p., [32] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [481]-516) and index.
Introduction: Worlds overseas. -- Intrusion and empire. Hernán Cortés and Christopher Newton ; Motives and methods. -- Occupying American space. Symbolic occupation ; Physical occupation ; Peopling the land. -- Confronting American peoples. A mosaic of peoples ; Christianity and civility ; Coexistence and segregation. -- Exploring American resources. Plunder and 'improvement' ; Labor supply ; Transatlantic economies. -- Crown and colonists. The framework of empire ; Authority and resistance. -- The ordering of society. Hierarchy and control ; Social antagonism and emerging elites. -- America as sacred space. God's providential design ; The church and society ; A plurality of creeds. -- Empire and identity. Transatlantic communities ; Creole communities ; Cultural communities. -- Societies on the move. Expanding populations ; Moving frontiers ; Slave and free. -- War and reform. The Seven Years War and imperial defence ; The drive for reform ; Redefining imperial relationships. -- Empires in crisis. Ideas in ferment ; A community divided ; A crisis contained. -- A new world in the making. The search for legitimacy ; The end of empire ; The emancipation of America ; Contrasting experiences.
9780300133554 (electronic bk.) 0300133553 (electronic bk.)
Uk
British--History.--Atlantic Ocean Region
Spaniards--History.--Atlantic Ocean Region
HISTORY--Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
HISTORY.
America--History--To 1810.
Great Britain--Colonies--History.--America
Spain--Colonies--History.--America
America--Colonization.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
ამერიკა-- კოლონიალიზმი ამერიკაში
Electronic books.
E18.82 / .E44 2006eb
970/.02
94(73)