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Frontiers of possession : Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herzog, Tamar
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Spain > Foreign relations.
Spain > Territorial expansion > History.
Portugal > Foreign relations.
Portugal > Territorial expansion > History.
Spain > Colonies > America > History.
Portugal > Colonies > America > History.
Imperialism > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Defining imperial spaces: how South America became a contested territory
  • European traditions: bulls, treaties, possession, and vassalage
  • Europeans and Indians: conversion, submission, and land rights
  • Defining European spaces: the making of Spain and Portugal in Iberia
  • Fighting a hydra: 1290-1955
  • Moving islands in a sea of land: 1518-1864.