search for books and compare prices
Tables of Contents for The Spanish Frontier in North America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
List of Maps
xiii
Acknowledgments
xv
Spanish Names and Words
xix
Introduction
1
13
Worlds Apart
14
16
First Encounters
30
30
Foundations of Empire: Florida and New Mexico
60
32
Conquistadores of the Spirit
92
30
Exploitation, Contention, and Rebellion
122
25
Imperial Rivalry and Strategic Expansion: Texas, the Gulf Coast, and the High Plains
147
25
Commercial Rivalry, Stagnation, and the Fortunes of War
172
32
Indian Raiders and the Reorganization of Frontier Defenses
204
32
Forging a Transcontinental Empire: New California to the Floridas
236
35
Improvisations and Retreats: The Empire Lost
271
31
Frontiers and Frontier Peoples Transformed
302
33
The Spanish Legacy and the Historical Imagination
335
26
Abbreviations
361
2
Notes
363
128
Select Bibliography
491
64
Index
555