by Henry Kamen · AGUILAR, S.A. DE EDICIONES · tapa dura · ISBN 9788403093164
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In 'Empire: The forging of Spain as a world power', Henry Kamen explores how Spain, a small and isolated country, became the first world superpower. Through accounts of direct witnesses, Kamen recreates the Spanish imperial expansion from the conquest of Granada and the first voyage of Columbus to its reach in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, reaching territories such as Texas and California in the 18th century. The author analyzes the collaboration of international business interests, including Italian financiers, German technicians and Dutch merchants, which made the Spanish empire possible. This book offers a global vision of the diversity of resources and people who contributed to the power of Spain, challenging traditional conceptions of the empire.
Henry Arthur Kamen is a British historian who has published extensively on Spain and the Spanish Empire. In particular, he has contributed to studies of the Spanish Inquisition: his The Spanish Inquisition, originally published in 1965, was revised and expanded in The Spanish Inquisition: A Historical Revision, published in 1998. In 2017, Kamen was indicted for possessing child pornography in Athens, Georgia.
