Title: The Spanish seaborne empire /
Authors: Parry, J. H. 1914-1982.
Publisher: Hutchinson,
Year: 1966
Subjects: Latin America History; Spain Colonies America.
Contents: Introduction / J.H. Plumb -- Prologue : The tradition of conquest. Part 1. The establishment of empire. Islands and mainland in the ocean sea -- Seville and the Caribbean -- The kingdoms of the sun -- The conquerors -- The society of conquest -- The maritime life-line -- Part 2. The responsibilities of empire. Rights and duties -- The spreading of the faith -- The ordering of society -- The enforcement of law -- Part 3. The cost of empire. Demographic catastrophe -- Economic dependence -- Peril by sea -- Part 4. The endurance of empire. Decline and recovery -- Caribbean conflicts -- Growth and reorganisation -- Part 5. The disintegration of empire. Spaniards and Americans -- The Creole revolt.