The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire

by William Maltby

Overview

At its peak the Spanish empire stretched from Italy and the Netherlands to Peru and the Philippines. Its influence remains very significant to the history of Europe and the Americas. Maltby provides a concise and readable history of the empire's dramatic rise and fall, with special emphasis on the economy, institutions and intellectual movements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350307612
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/24/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
Sales rank:	824,099
File size:	893 KB

About the Author

WILLIAM S. MALTBY is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Missouri-St Louis, USA. His publications include The Black Legend in England: The Development of Anti-Spanish Sentiment, 1588-1660, Alba: A Biography of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, The Reign of Charles V and with Steven Hause, Western Civilization.
WILLIAM MALTBY is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Missouri, St Louis, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Imperial Beginnings
The Creation of an Empire in Europe
The Conquest of America
Imperial Organization Under the Habsburgs
Imperial Policy
Imperial Decline
The Bourbons
The End of the Empire
Selected Bibliography
Index.

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Maltby's synthesis does an outstanding job of describing and interpreting the interplay between Spain and the discrete parts of its European empire and American colonies. Based on secondary materials, accompanied by helpful maps, a bibliographical essay, and a glossary, and written for a general audience, this book should be in every public and academic library. Summing Up: Essential. Public and undergraduate libraries. - CHOICE

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Maltby's synthesis does an outstanding job of describing and interpreting the interplay between Spain and the discrete parts of its European empire and American colonies. Based on secondary materials, accompanied by helpful maps, a bibliographical essay, and a glossary, and written for a general audience, this book should be in every public and academic library. Summing Up: Essential. Public and undergraduate libraries. "- "CHOICE"

"Maltby's synthesis does an outstanding job of describing and interpreting the interplay between Spain and the discrete parts of its European empire and American colonies. Based on secondary materials, accompanied by helpful maps, a bibliographical essay, and a glossary, and written for a general audience, this book should be in every public and academic library. Summing Up: Essential. Public and undergraduate libraries." "- "CHOICE

“Maltby's synthesis does an outstanding job of describing and interpreting the interplay between Spain and the discrete parts of its European empire and American colonies. Based on secondary materials, accompanied by helpful maps, a bibliographical essay, and a glossary, and written for a general audience, this book should be in every public and academic library. Summing Up: Essential. Public and undergraduate libraries.” "- "CHOICE

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