1994•The American Historical ReviewRequires access

The Spanish Frontier in North America.

Gilberto M. Hinojosa, David J. Weber

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Worlds apart first encounters foundations of empire - Florida and New Mexico Conquistadores of the Spirit exploitation, contention and rebellion imperial rivalry, stagnation and the fortunes of war Indian raiders and the reorganization of frontier defenses forging a transcontinental empire - New California to the Floridas improvisations and retreats - the empire lost frontiers and frontier peoples transformed the Spanish legacy and the historical imagination.

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Key concepts: Frontier, Empire, Rivalry, History, Cold war, Ancient history, Economic history, Political science