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Elliott, one of the most distinguished and versatile historians working today, offers us history on a grand scale, contrasting the worlds built by Britain and by Spain on the ruins of the civilizations they encountered and destroyed in North and South America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElliott identifies and explains both the similarities and differences in the two empires' processes of colonization, the character of their colonial societies, their distinctive styles of imperial government, and the independence movements mounted against them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on wide reading in the history of the two great Atlantic civilizations, \u003cem\u003eEmpires of the Atlantic World\u003c\/em\u003e sets the Spanish and British colonial empires in the context of their own times and offers us insights into aspects of this dual history that still influence the Americas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000604475628,"sku":"9780300253399","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24531733482294.jpg?v=1763288694"},{"product_id":"scots-and-catalans-by-j-h-elliott-9780300253382","title":"Scots and Catalans","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independence movements\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA distinguished historian of Spain and Europe provides an enlightening account of the development of nationalist and separatist movements in contemporary Catalonia and Scotland. 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He offers new insights into the highly topical subject of the character and development of European nationalism, the nature of separatism, and the sense of grievance underlying the secessionist aspirations that led to the Scottish referendum of 2014, the illegal Catalan referendum of October 2017, and the resulting proclamation of an independent Catalan republic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000737317100,"sku":"9780300253382","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24531563482294.jpg?v=1763301401"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/j-h-elliott.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}