To this end, the essays explore how specific products, texts, and people bridged ideas and institutions to produce multiple centers within Iberian imperial geographies.
Iberian Empires and the Roots of Globalization argues that Iberian empires cannot be viewed apart from early modern globalization. Iberian Empires and the Roots of Globalization, Paperback - Ivonne del Valle Through interdisciplinary essays covering the wide geography of the Spanish and Portuguese empires, Iberian Empires and the Roots of Globalization investigates the diverse networks and multiple centers of early modern globalization that emerged in conjunction with Iberian imperialism. The essays here offer essential insights into historical continuities in regions colonized by Spanish and Portuguese monarchies. From research sites throughout the early modern Spanish and Portuguese territories and from distinct disciplinary approaches, the essays collected in this volume investigate the economic mechanisms, administrative hierarchies, and art forms that linked the early modern Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe.