The Spanish frontier in North America

Worlds apart

First encounters

Foundations of empire: Florida and New Mexico

Conquistadores of the spirit

Exploitation, contention and rebellion

Imperial rivalry and strategic expansion: Texas, the Gulf Coast and the High Plains

Commercial rivalry, stagnation and the fortunes of war

Indian raiders and the reorganization of frontier defenses

Forging a transcontinental empire: New California to the Floridas

Improvisations and retreats: the empire lost

Frontiers and frontier peoples transformed

The Spanish legacy and the historical imagination.

List of maps

Spanish names and words

Introduction

1: Worlds apart

2: First encounters

3: Foundations of empire: Florida and New Mexico

4: Conquistadors of the spirit

5: Exploitation, contention, and rebellion

6: Imperial rivalry and strategic expansion: to Texas, the Gulf Coast, and the high plains

7: Commercial rivalry, stagnation, and the fortunes of war

8: Indian raiders and the reorganization of frontier defenses

9: Forging a transcontinental empire: new California to the Floridas

10: Improvisations and retreats: the empire lost

11: Frontiers and frontier peoples transformed

12: Spanish legacy and the historical imagination

For further reading

Index.