The rise of the Spanish American empire.
Publisher: Macmillan Co.
Published: 1947
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: Latin America -- History -- To 1830; Spain -- Colonies -- America
Description: The author challenges the view that Spanish colonial rule in the Americas ws always brutal and tyrannical. He champions the old empire of Spain on the grounds that, essentially, it was "solid and sound". He marshals all of his vast erudition in weighing the social, economic, intellectual, religious and military factors relevant to his thesis.
Notes: Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 336-380)  Bibliography:  p. 381-392.
"This study ... is divided into two equal parts of which this book, ʻThe rise' is part one ... Part two, ʻThe fall,' will follow."