Twenty-first-century edited collections addressing the Spanish presence in the early colonial Caribbean have approached the topic from a variety of perspectives. Negotiated Empires: Centers and Peripheries in the Americas, 1500–1820 (2002), edited by Christine Daniels and Michael V. Kennedy, conceptualized the role of Spain in the region via a borderlands focus characterized by interactions between peripheral outposts and Iberian ports. The Early Modern Hispanic World: Transnational and Interdisciplinary Approaches (2017), edited by Kimberly Lynn and Erin Rowe, explored the subject thematically, juxtaposing social and cultural developments in Iberia and Iberian colonies in the Western Hemisphere and elsewhere. Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra's edited work Entangled Empires: The Anglo-Iberian Atlantic, 1500–1830 (2018) explored the interconnected endeavors of two major colonizing powers and, in part, how Caribbean peoples and lands experienced their competition. The book under review differs from the above in multiple ways, but two points stand out: The Spanish Caribbean and the Atlantic...

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