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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Donna J. Guy , Thomas E. SheridanPublisher: University of Arizona Press Imprint: University of Arizona Press Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.412kg ISBN: 9780816518609ISBN 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 The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAn 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 Author InformationDonna 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |