Empire

From the late fifteenth to the mid eighteenth century, Spain was the most extensive empire the world had seen, stretching from Naples and the Netherlands to the Philippines This provocative work of history attributes Spain s rise to power to the collaboration of international business interests, including Italian financiers, German technicians, and Dutch traders At the height of its power, the Spanish Empire was a global enterprise in which non Spaniards Portuguese, Basque, Aztec, Genoese, Chinese, Flemish, West African, Incan, and Neapolitan played an essential role.Challenging, persuasive, and unique in its thesis, Henry Kamen s Empire explores Spain s complex impact on world history with admirable clarity and intelligence. Best Download Empire [ Author ] Henry Kamen [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr Rarely do I not finish a book, but On page 119, Kamen presents the Spanish invasion of the land now called Chile by Pedro de Valdivia something I know quit a bit about in what is a tissue of outright error, hasty fact, and muddled indirection At this point I set the book down, for I no longer trusted Kamen.And, since much of Kamen s ignorance concerns the indigenous people who are one half the history of that invasion, I was deeply troubled that his errors were precisely those of empire Rarely do I not finish a book, but On page 119, Kamen presents the Spanish invasion of the land now called Chile by Pedro de Valdivia something I know quit a bit about in what is a tiss...Henry Kamen s examination of the Spanish Empire serves as a deconstruction of the very idea of Spain itself His position takes the often cited observation that Spain did not exist in any concrete sense during the early modern period to one extreme If Spain did not exist, then precisely who presented the most formidable presence in Europe and the force capable of colonizing the New World The answ...This is one of those books that s very hard to decide why I gave it 5 stars Just easy to read, good summary, good insight into very simple ideas about the Spanish Empire A lot of his points kinda hit me out of nowhere, they were that simple and abrupt Maybe that s why I liked it A viewpoint you maybe haven t thought about, even though it might be super obvious I wish he would have gone about 40 years further, but there s always an argument for that with every history book you read, so that This...Despu s de la Reconquista, qu estaba Espa a Un reino junto que naci de la guerra, del ltimo suspiro del Moro una gran pen nsula de piedra y tierra que ten a un ej rcito de monta as y varias grandes mesetas La joven naci n, en que la sangre cat lica circulaba apasionadamente y con sed del mundo desconocido, por la mar occidental realiz imperio Para Castilla y Arag n del oeste llegaban las riquezas doradas y plateadas las que se han manchado con l...This extraordinary lucid study is evenawe inspiring by its profundity and understanding the world of Europe s cusp into imperial power, from the foundations of the world s first defining global market Explaining how who why, and repercussions of the first truly global empire, where all the propagators belonging to many nations, be them Dutch, Belgians, Lombard, Hungarian, German, Neapolitans, Milanese, Sicilian, Corsican, Sardinian, Bohemian, Portuguese, Irish, Genoese, the Americas etc This extraordinary lucid study is evenawe inspiring by its profundity and understanding the world of Europe s cusp into imperial power, from the foundations of the world s first defining global market Explaining how who why, and repercussions of the first truly gl...The prose can be awfully dense, but it s worth slogging through every page The author s discussion of Spain s empire on both a micro and a macro level has colored the way I think about international relations.By far, I consider this to be one of the best books I ve read in the past year....Focuseson readability and provides better coverage of Spain s global empire While Kamen has been criticized for his tendency toward historic determinism, this particular book avoids most of it and has been widely praised.This piece is a very good look at the development of Spain as a world power Filled with facts and evidence it can be very dense and overwhelming if you are expecting a simple fun read That being said it is very enjoyable Kamen pr...As others universal empires the Spanish monarchy success was put the cooperation of many countries and people under its interests Like British empire, who many Indians fought in the World War One, the Spanish Monarchy built the first worldwide empireLong before there was a Britain to have an empire upon which the sun never set, Spain established a presence that spanned the globe From the Caribbean and Central America to the Philippines, the Spanish empire thrived as the first expression of European global dominance an achievement evenremarkable when set against the unpromising circumstances from which it started How Spain achieved this is the subject of Henry Kamen s book A longtime scholar of Spanish history, Kamen marshals a ca Long before there was a Britain to have an empire upon which the sun never set, Spain established a presence that spanned the globe From the Caribbean and Central America to the Philippines, the Spanish empire thrived as the first expression of European global dominance an achievement evenremarkable w...

• English
• 19 November 2018
Henry Kamen
• Paperback
• 640 pages
• 0060932643
• Henry Kamen
• Empire