América: The Epic Story of Spanish North America, 1493-1898

681 Pages·2019·36.44 MB·English

by  Robert Goodwin

For Theodora
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Spain: The Centre of the World, 1519–1682
Crossing the Continent, 1527–1540: The Story of the First African-American
Explorer of the American South

CONTENTS
Preface
Timeline: Spanish Monarchs and Mexican Presidents
Introduction: “An Empire upon Which the Sun Never Sets”
Prologue: América, 1493
Part I   Myths, Dreams, and History
Introduction to Part One: The Chase & the Catch
Chapter 1     “War of Blood and Fire”: Puerto Rico
Chapter 2     Realms of Gold: Mexico
Chapter 3     Fountain of Eternal Youth: La Florida
Chapter 4     Amazon Women & Californian Dreams: Baja California
Chapter 5     “Naked and Barefoot”: The Continent Crossed
Chapter 6     The Seven Cities of Cíbola: New Mexico
Chapter 7     An Inca’s Tale, the Florida: The Deep South
Part II   The Age of Settlement
Introduction to Part Two: Heresy & Godliness
Chapter 8     “Hang All the Lutherans”: The Atlantic Coast
Chapter 9     Poetry & Conquest: New Mexico
Chapter 10   God & Government: New Mexico
Chapter 11   Po’pay’s Pueblo Revolt: New Mexico
Chapter 12   Manhunt: Texas
Chapter 13   Padre Kino, the Jesuit Southwest: Arizona
Chapter 14   Love & the Comanche Dawn: Texas
Part III   The Bourbon Reforms
Introduction to Part Three: A Few Good Men
Chapter 15   Los Anza & the Apaches: El Gran Norte
Chapter 16   Los Gálvez: California & Sonora
Chapter 17   Junípero Serra, Paradise Gained: Alta California
Chapter 18   Hard Road to Paradise: Arizona & California
Chapter 19   Half a Continent Is Spanish: Louisiana & Alaska
Chapter 20   The Governors: Louisiana & New Mexico
Chapter 21   “Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish Hero of the American Revolution”:
The Deep South
Part IV    Sunset and Perdition
Introduction to Part Four: The Ebb Tide
Chapter 22   Apogee & Disaster: Canada & Spain
Chapter 23   Mexican Independence: New Spain & México
Chapter 24   Nemesis, Andrew Jackson: Florida
Chapter 25   The Alamo & San Jacinto: Texas
Chapter 26   The Mexican-American War: México
Epilogue: Puerto Rico, 1898
Color Plates
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Notes
Index
A Note on the Author