The establishment of Spanish rule in America : an introduction to the history and politics of Spanish America / by Bernard Moses.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moses, Bernard, 1846-1930, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latin America--History.

Latin America.

Latin America--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Other Title:

Establishment of Spanish rule in America

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898.

Summary:

First Published in 1966. The Establishment of Spanish Rule in America, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF SPANISH AMERICA has been written to present the main events connected with the establishment of Spanish rule in America, and to describe briefly the more important features of Spain's colonial organization and policy. It aims, by the use of certain historical facts, to make clear to ordinary readers and to students in high schools and colleges the origin and character of the political and economic institutions constructed for the government of Spanish America.

Contents:

General policy

The casa de contratacion

The audiencia and viceroy illustrated by Mexican affairs

The establishment of Spanish power in Peru

The conquest of Chile

Venezuela and Colombia

Rio de la Plata

The Jesuits and the Indians

The king and the church, illustrated by the ecclesiastical establishment in Mexico

Spain's economic policy in America

Spanish and English colonies in America.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.