Frontiers of Possession - Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas

Informationen zum Autor Tamar Herzog is Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor in the History Department at Harvard University, and Affiliated Faculty Member at Harvard Law School. Klappentext Tamar Herzog asks how territorial borders were established in the early modern period and challenges the standard view that national boundaries are settled by military conflicts and treaties. Claims and control on both sides of the Atlantic were subject to negotiation, as neighbors and outsiders carved out and defended new frontiers of possession. Zusammenfassung Tamar Herzog asks how territorial borders were established in the early modern period and challenges the standard view that national boundaries are settled by military conflicts and treaties. Claims and control on both sides of the Atlantic were subject to negotiation! as neighbors and outsiders carved out and defended new frontiers of possession.

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• Authors: Tamar Herzog, Herzog Tamar
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.01.2015
• EAN: 9780674735385
• ISBN: 978-0-674-73538-5
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, Southern Europe, HISTORY / Modern / General, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, HISTORY / Latin America / General, International Relations, General & world history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Legal History, Colonialism and imperialism, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, Political structure and processes, HISTORY / Europe / Spain