The Indian Ocean in World History (Themes in World History)

Throughout history, dominance of the Indian Ocean has been a critical factor in defining a nation's supremacy and power. It is well known that it played a major part in the success of the Portugese nation at the start of the sixteenth century. In this concise survey, Milo Kearney shows how the trading and imperial expansion offered by the Indian Ocean were exploited by many leading powers from the third millennium BC to the very recent past. The nations included range from the ancient Egyptians of the new Kingdom to the Han Chinese and, later, from the Moghul to the British Empire. Milo Kearney goes on to show what a critical territory the Indian Ocean was during the Cold War because of its rich supply for oil. The history of the Indian Ocean provides a snapshot of many of the key issues in world history, such as colonialism, trade and spread of cultures and religions. It is important reading for all students of world history.

History

Kearney, Milo

Americas

Routledge

Throughout history, dominance of the Indian Ocean has been a critical factor in defining a nation's supremacy and power. It is well known that it played a major part in the success of the Portugese nation at the start of the sixteenth century. In this concise survey, Milo Kearney shows how the trading and imperial expansion offered by the Indian Ocean were exploited by many leading powers from the third millennium BC to the very recent past. The nations included range from the ancient Egyptians of the new Kingdom to the Han Chinese and, later, from the Moghul to the British Empire. Milo Kearney goes on to show what a critical territory the Indian Ocean was during the Cold War because of its rich supply for oil. The history of the Indian Ocean provides a snapshot of many of the key issues in world history, such as colonialism, trade and spread of cultures and religions. It is important reading for all students of world history.

The towns that the Spaniards of colonial Mexico planted on their northern frontier were organized around the ideal of a close interaction between church, missionary outreach, and military. San Antonio was the most successful realization of this dream in Texas. The pattern of this tripartite approach has continued to shape the rich culture of the city down to the present. With this selection of photos, San Antonio’s Churches takes a snapshot visit back through religious development throughout the three centuries of San Antonio’s history.

San Antonio's Churches (Images of America)

Arts & Photography

Galan, Francis

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

Boom and Bust: The Historical Cycles of Matamoros and Brownsville

The historical cycles of Matamoros and Brownsville

Knopp, Anthony K.

Eakin Pr

Border Cuates: A History of the U.S.-Mexican Twin Cities

Knopp, Anthony

The Indian Ocean in World History

The towns that the Spaniards of colonial Mexico planted on their northern frontier were organized around the ideal of a close interaction between church, missionary outreach, and military. San Antonio was the most successful realization of this dream in Texas. The pattern of this tripartite approach has continued to shape the rich culture of the city down to the present. With this selection of photos, San Antonio's Churches takes a snapshot visit back through religious development throughout the three centuries of San Antonio's history.

San Antonio's Churches

Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

"A discussion of the unusual nature of the Mexico-US border, which spawned twin cities on both sides of the frontier. Begins with a brief review of the colonial period and growth of US forts constructed to counter-balance already existing Mexican towns. Continues through the 19th century and concludes with a review of the events of the 1990s"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

The land along the U.S.-Mexican border is often portrayed as the place where two separate cultures meet—or indeed collide. Yet this is not the first meeting of the two cultures, not their first collision, and not their first confluence. Their respective ancestral cultures in England and Spain, argue scholars Milo Kearney and Manuel Medrano, had common roots in medieval Europe, and both their conflicts and the shared understandings that may form the basis for their cooperation trace back to those days.Kearney and Medrano explore three interlinking themes. First, they assert that Mexican American Borderlands culture cannot be fully understood without knowledge of its medieval underpinnings in both Castile (and pre-Castilian Spain) and England. Second, they argue that certain parallels in the medieval evolution of Hispanic and Anglo societies make the two cultures much more closely related than is often realized and in many ways set them apart from the cultures of other European societies. Finally, the authors show how, despite these similarities, the origins of Anglo-Hispanic tensions trace back to the Middle Ages, predating Bartolomé de las Casas and the “Black Legend.” Although they demonstrate the Borderlands expression of these cultural phenomena, the emphasis is on their pre-modern European sources.The authors conclude that many of the foundations for the interaction of Hispanic and Anglo societies were laid by the year 1500. From science and learning through literature and music to art and architecture, medieval culture has defined many elements of Borderlands creativity.While the hostilities and negative stereotypes generated by the Hispanic-Anglo warfare of the Middle Ages passed on prejudices and problems that are still not entirely overcome, a recognition of the interlinked past can draw Hispanic and Anglo subcultures in the Borderlands together.

Medieval Culture and the Mexican American Borderlands (Volume 6) (Rio Grande/Río Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Traditions)

Medrano, Manuel

Texas A&M University Press

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The Indian Ocean in World History (Themes in World History)

The Indian Ocean in World History (Themes in World History)

San Antonio's Churches (Images of America)

Boom and Bust: The Historical Cycles of Matamoros and Brownsville

Border Cuates: A History of the U.S.-Mexican Twin Cities

The Indian Ocean in World History

San Antonio's Churches

Border Cuates: A History of the U.S.-Mexican Twin Cities

Medieval Culture and the Mexican American Borderlands (Volume 6) (Rio Grande/Río Bravo: Borderlands Culture and Traditions)