"A forceful analysis of the role of capitalism in the history of the American West. This is an important contribution to the new western history that should be

"... a lively and interesting book... " -- American Historical Review These writers reveal the power relations of gender, class, race, and sexuality at the hear

"Originally published in the U.K. in 2014 under the title Ten cities that made an empire, by Allen Lane, London."

The Spanish Empire was a complex web of places and peoples. Through an expansive range of essays that look at Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Caribbean, and the