Contested Ground: Comparative Frontiers on the Northern and Southern Edges of the Spanish Empire

Author:   Donna J. Guy ,  Thomas E. Sheridan
Publisher:   University of Arizona Press
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Pages:   275
Publication Date:   30 April 1998
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Donna J. Guy ,  Thomas E. Sheridan
Publisher:   University of Arizona Press
Imprint:   University of Arizona Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9780816518609


ISBN 10:   0816518602
Pages:   275
Publication Date:   30 April 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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An anthology that gives readers a whole that is much greater than the sum of its uniformly excellent parts. Taken together, these essays not only present a carefully nuanced overview of the similarities and contrasts between these outer reaches of the Spanish empire but they also suggest stimulating new avenues of empirical research and theoretical inquiry. -- New Mexico Historical Review Fascinating essays . . . a healthy counterpoint to the Turnerian frontier thesis. -- Western Historical Quarterly A model of comparative history which will do much to advance the new teaching and research field of Latin American frontiers and borderlands. -- The Americas Specialists in either 'frontier' will learn much about the other from these excellent comparative histories. -- Pacific Historical Review


An anthology that gives readers a whole that is much greater than the sum of its uniformly excellent parts. Taken together, these essays not only present a carefully nuanced overview of the similarities and contrasts between these outer reaches of the Spanish empire but they also suggest stimulating new avenues of empirical research and theoretical inquiry. <i>New Mexico Historical Review</i> Fascinating essays . . . a healthy counterpoint to the Turnerian frontier thesis. <i>Western Historical Quarterly</i> A model of comparative history which will do much to advance the new teaching and research field of Latin American frontiers and borderlands. <i>The Americas</i> Specialists in either 'frontier' will learn much about the other from these excellent comparative histories. <i>Pacific Historical Review</i>


An anthology that gives readers a whole that is much greater than the sum of its uniformly excellent parts. Taken together, these essays not only present a carefully nuanced overview of the similarities and contrasts between these outer reaches of the Spanish empire but they also suggest stimulating new avenues of empirical research and theoretical inquiry. -- New Mexico Historical Review Fascinating essays . . . a healthy counterpoint to the Turnerian frontier thesis. -- Western Historical Quarterly A model of comparative history which will do much to advance the new teaching and research field of Latin American frontiers and borderlands. -- The Americas Specialists in either 'frontier' will learn much about the other from these excellent comparative histories. -- Pacific Historical Review


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Donna J. Guy is a professor of history at the University of Arizona. Author of Sex and Danger in Buenos Aires: Prostitution, Family, and Nation in Argentina, she has written three books and more than 25 articles on Argentine history. Thomas E. Sheridan holds a joint appointment as professor of Anthropology at the Southwest Center and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. He has authored or co-edited eleven other books.

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