The Rise of the Spanish American Empire Unknown - 1947

London England: Hollis & Carter. Very Good/No Jacket. 1947. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 1111392153 Hardback Hardback First Edition 1947 The Rise of the Spanish American Empire illustrated with b&w plates There is a popular idea that Spanish colonial rule in the Americas was always was always brutal and tyrannical. Salvador de Madariaga challenges that view. In this thoroughly absorbing history, he champions the old empire of Spain on the grounds that essentially, it was "solid and sound." Includes an Index. "Dr. Madariaga has never written a dull book and this is no exception." - The Saturday Review. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) .