J.H. Elliott

Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830 (2006)

I can't really say that people should just sit down and read this cover to cover (I didn't read it cover to cover, only the first 2/3 or so). I think Elliott tries to cover too much ground here. There are a lot of fascinating similarities and differences between the British and Spanish Empires, y...