{"product_id":"how-the-spanish-empire-was-built-a-400-year-history-hardcover","title":"How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFelipe Fernández-Armesto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eManuel Lucena Giraldo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe untold story of the engineering behind the empire, showing how imperial Spain built upon existing infrastructure and hierarchies of the Inca, Aztec, and more, to further its growth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sixteenth-century Spain was small, poor, disunited, and sparsely populated. Yet the Spaniards and their allies built the largest empire the world had ever seen. How did they achieve this? Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo argue that Spain's engineers were critical to this venture. The Spanish invested in infrastructure to the advantage of local power brokers, enhancing the abilities of incumbent elites to grow wealthy on trade, and widening the arc of Spanish influence. Bringing to life stories of engineers, prospectors, soldiers, and priests, the authors paint a vivid portrait of Spanish America in the age of conquest. This is a dazzling new history of the Spanish Empire, and a new understanding of empire itself, as a venture marked as much by collaboration as oppression.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFelipe Fernández-Armesto\u003c\/b\u003e is the William P. Reynolds Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame and an award-winning scholar and historian. His books include \u003ci\u003eStraits\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eManuel Lucena Giraldo\u003c\/b\u003e is a research scientist at the Spanish National Research Council and an adjunct professor at IE University and ESCP Business School Europe. His books include \u003ci\u003eFirsting in the Early Modern Atlantic World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.4 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47387248984242,"sku":"9781789148404","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b7f9cee52e42dd8d3393a3223b877f5b.webp?v=1777916671","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/how-the-spanish-empire-was-built-a-400-year-history-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}