History in the making by J. H Elliott ( ) Spain, Europe, and the Atlantic world: essays in honour of John H. Elliott ( Book ) Spain, Europe and the Atlantic Essays in Honour of John H. Elliott ( ).
Elliott, J. H. (John Huxtable) (WorldCat Identities).
Book Info Empires of the Atlantic World. Book Description: This epic history compares the empires built by Spain and Britain in the Americas, from Columbus's arrival in the New World to the end of Spanish colonial rule in the early nineteenth century.John Elliott (historian) Jump to navigation Jump to search. Sir John Huxtable Elliott, FBA (born 23 June 1930), is a British historian, Regius Professor Emeritus at the University of Oxford and Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge. He publishes under the name J.H. Elliott.Kagan, Richard and Geoffrey Parker, Spain, Europe and the Atlantic: Essays in Honour of John H. Elliott. New York: Cambridge University Press 2003. Klooster, Wim. Revolutions in the Atlantic World: A Comparative History (2009) Klooster, Wim. The Dutch Moment: War, Trade, and Settlement in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World. (Cornell.
Elliott points out differences in mythology of the two areas, between the frontier myth of the British colonies and the conquest myth of Spanish colonies. The Seven Years War led to radically different outcomes for the two: Britain instituted massively unpopular and unsuccessful reforms, while Spain instituted more successful reforms under Bourbon transition to Charles III.J.H. Elliott, the pre-eminent historian of early modern Spain and its world, originally published these essays in a variety of books and journals. They have here been grouped into four sections, each with an introduction outlining the circumstances in which they were written and offering additional reflections.
