FAMILY AND EMPIRE

In the medieval and early modern periods, Spain shaped a global empire from scattered territories spanning Europe, Africa, and the A mericas. Historians either have studied this empire piecemeal-one territory at a time-or have focused on monarchs endeavoring to man date the allegiance of far-flung territories to the crown. For Yuen-Gen Liang, these approaches do not adequately explain the forces that connected the territories that the Spanish empire comprised. In Family and Empire, Liang investigates the horizontal ties crea ted by n...[Read more]