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Are nations imprisoned by their history? Economists as professionals are tempted to believe that tinkering with contemporary variables, for example the rate of interest can produce an optimum rate of growth - if they get it right. But what if the die was cast centuries ago and we cannot escape the mold/mould? Travellers passing from Texas to Northern Mexico, on observing the startling disparities in income and wealth between the two areas, often put this down to the different cultural heritages: the 'anglo' versus the 'hispanic' and that the roots of this difference lie deep back in the colonial past. So it is surprising that so few comparative texts have been written on the experience of the Spanish and British empires in the Americas. Sir John Elliott is the doyen of British hispanists a

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  • Are nations imprisoned by their history? Economists as professionals are tempted to believe that tinkering with contemporary variables, for example the rate of interest can produce an optimum rate of growth - if they get it right. But what if the die was cast centuries ago and we cannot escape the mold/mould? Travellers passing from Texas to Northern Mexico, on observing the startling disparities in income and wealth between the two areas, often put this down to the different cultural heritages: the 'anglo' versus the 'hispanic' and that the roots of this difference lie deep back in the colonial past. So it is surprising that so few comparative texts have been written on the experience of the Spanish and British empires in the Americas. Sir John Elliott is the doyen of British hispanists a
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  • Are nations imprisoned by their history? Economists as professionals are tempted to believe that tinkering with contemporary variables, for example the rate of interest can produce an optimum rate of growth - if they get it right. But what if the die was cast centuries ago and we cannot escape the mold/mould? Travellers passing from Texas to Northern Mexico, on observing the startling disparities in income and wealth between the two areas, often put this down to the different cultural heritages: the 'anglo' versus the 'hispanic' and that the roots of this difference lie deep back in the colonial past. So it is surprising that so few comparative texts have been written on the experience of the Spanish and British empires in the Americas. Sir John Elliott is the doyen of British hispanists and in turning his pen to writing "Empires of the Atlantic World: Britain and Spain in America 1492 - 1830" he has produced a work which is selectively encompassing but not (fortunately) encylopaedic. 338 years, 24 republics and 546 pages, all for £13.99. Energy prices may be hitting the roof but books are surely getting cheaper.
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