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Su Excelencia El Embajador J. Hunteley Hayes Pidió CONTRIBUCIÓN DE LOS HISTORIADORES DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS A LÀ HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA Y DE HISPANO-AMERICA EXPLICACIÓN PRELIMINAR ' u Excelencia el Embajador J. Hunteley Hayes pidió S desde Madrid que se preparase una lista de publica­ ciones hechas durante los últimos veinte años por los his­ toriadores de los Estados Unidos referentes a la Historia de España y de Hispano-América. En principio esta lista había de ser selectiva y no completa. La lista que se ofrece aquí es una respuesta apresurada a los deseos del señor Embajador. Se espera que en el fu­ turo se haga una bibliografía más completa, preferible­ mente con la intervención de un grupo de peritos. La com­ pilación actual está basada fundamentalmente en las bi­ bliografías de Mary Wilhelmine Williams en su People and Politics of Latin-America (Boston, Ginn and Co., 1938) y de A. Curtis Wilgus en su Development of Hispanic-America (New York, Farrar and Rinehart, 1941). Por añadidura han sido hojeadas las páginas de la American Historical 1 Esta lista de publicaciones históricas ha sido comunicada a la Academia de orden del excelentísimo señor Embajador de los Esta­ dos Unidos de América, a quien agradecemos muy sinceramente su amable atención y el servicio prestado con ello a la cultura histórica española. 272 BOLETÍN DE LA REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA |2J' Review de 1923 en adelante, y para títulos recientes las de la Hispanic American Historical Review. El interés por la Histpria Española e Hispano-Ameri- cana de parte de los eruditos de los Estados Unidos ha sido notable. Es verdad que el campo de interés especial ha sido la fase americana de la historia española. El de la puramente Europea ha sido menor. En cuanto a la histo­ ria hispano-americana, en cambio, se ha dedicado muchí­ sima atención a sus problemas, y durante los últimos años, en ritmo creciente. Se nota de manera especial la investi­ gación de la historia de las regiones de los Estados Unidos que estuvieron bajo la bandera española, y ia de los países de habla española que se encuentran ahora cerca de nues­ tros límites geográficos. En esta bibliografía tentativa no pocos títulos represen­ tan casos dudosos, es decir, la historia pasa a ser geogra­ fía, política, arqueología, antropología, literatura, periodis­ mo, etc. Por lo general no se han incluido aquí libros fue­ ra de los predominantemente históricos. No es posible, sin embargo, un criterio rigurosamente exacto. Se han admi­ tido, a veces, títulos de libros no rígidamente históricos, porque parecen ofrecer un interés especial. En cambio, se han excluido, por triste necesidad, algunos libros verda­ deramente notables que no pueden considerarse de nin­ guna manera históricos. La lista está compuesta casi exclusivamente de libros, con la omisión de casi todos los artículos de revistas. La clasificación sigue aproximadamente la de Williams y Wilgus. Es posible que se hayan insinuado algunos erro­ res en nombres y fechas, porque faltó materialmente el tiempo para repasar repetidas veces las materias. Es posi­ ble también que unos cuantos títulos se deban a autores británicos, aunque se ha tratado de omitirlos, excepto en casos, como el del señor Box, donde el autor es de la Gran Bretaña, pero la inspiración, la composición y la publica­ ción pertenecen a ios Estados Unidos. Esta lista se ofrece solamente con la declaración de que es francamente tentativa e imperfecta; debería re- {3] HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA Y DE HISPANOAMÉRICA 273 emplazarla después una bibliografía preparada con más tiempo y más cuidado. No será inoportuno repetir que es­ tos títulos no son más que una fracción de los publicados, aunque es de esperar que incluyan en general los más sig­ nificativos en el campo predominantemente histórico. TENTATIVE LIST OF UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPANISH AND SPANISH- AMERICAN HISTORY SPANISH BACKGROUND AND COLONIAL HISTORY Aiton, Arthur S.: Antonio de Mendoza, First Viceroy of New Spain, Durham, North Carolina, Duke University, 1927. Bailey, Jessie B.: Diego de Vargas and the Reconquest of New Mexico, Albuquerque, University of New Mexico, 1940. Birney, Hoffman: Brothers of Doom: The Story of the Pi- zarros of Peru, New York, 1942. Bishop, Morris: The Odyssey of Cabeza de Vaca, New York, Appleton-Century, 1933. Blom, Frans: The Conquest of Yucatan, Boston, Houghton- Mifflin, 1936. Bolton, Herbert E.: Rim of Christendom: A Biography of Eusebio Francisco Kino, Pacific Coast Pioneer. New York, Macmillan, 1936. » » (Ed.) Arredondo's Historical Proof of Spain's Title to Georgia, Berkeley, University of California, 1925. » » (Ed.) Palou's New California, Berkeley, University of California, 1926. » » (Ed.) Fray Juan Crespi, Missionary Ex­ plorer (1769-17M), Berkeley,'Uni­ versity of California, 1927. 274 BOLETÍN DE LA REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA [4J Bolton, Herbert Ε.: (Ed.) Anza's California Expedition (5 vos.), Berkeley, University of California, 1930. Bolton, H. E. and Marshall, T. M.: The Colonization of North America, New York, Macmillan, 1924. Bolton, Herbert and Ross, Mary: The Debatable Land, Ber­ keley, University of California, 1925. Chapman, Charles E.: History of Spain (material based on the History of Altamira), New York, Macmillan, 1918, revised edition, 1937. Châtelain, Verne E.: The Defenses of Spanish Florida, 1565- 1763, Washington, 1940. Chamberlain, R. S.: Casiilian Backgrounds of the reparti- miento-economienda, Washington, Carnegie Institute, vol. V, 19-66, 1939. Castañeda, Carlos E.: Oar Catholic Heritage in Texas (4 vols.), 1936-1939. » » Guide to Latin American Manus­ cripts in the University of Te­ xas Library. » » (Ed.) History of Texas by Fray Juan Augustin Morfi (2 vols.), Albuquerque, University of New Mexicp, 1935. Connor, Jeanette T.: Colonial Records of Spanish Florida (2 vols.), Deland, Florida, 1925, 1930 (more to be pu­ blished). Conway, George R. G.: The Last Will and Testament of Hernando Cortés, Marqués del Valle, privately printed by J. Allard, Gante 20, México, D. F. Day, A. Grove: Coronado's Quest, Berkeley, University of California, 1940. Espinosa, Manuel: Crusaders of the Rio Grande, Chicago, 1942. Fichter, Joseph H.: Man of Spain: Francis Sudrez, New York, Macmillan, 1940. Fisher, Lillian E.: Viceregal Administration in the Spa­ nish-American Colonies, Berkeley, University of Cali­ fornia, 1929. [5] HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA Y DE HISPANOAMÉRICA 275 Fisher, Lillian Ε.: The Intendant System in Spanish-Ame­ rica, Berkeley, University of California, 1929. Hackett, Charles W.: Revolt of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and 0 ter min's Attempt at Reconquest, 1680-1682, Albuquer­ que, 1942. » » (Ed.) Historical Documents Relating to New Mexico, Nueva Vizcaya and the Approaches thereto (3 vols.), Washington, Carnegie Institute, 1923-1937. » » (Ed.) Pichardo's Treaties on the Limits of Louisiana and Texas (2 vols.), Austin, University of Texas, 1931- 1934. Hallenbeck, Cleve: Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Glenda- le, Cal., Α. Η. Cleerk Co., 1940. Hamilton, Ε. J.: American Treasure and the Price Revolu­ tion in Spain, 1501-1750, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University, 1934. Hammond, George P.: Coronado's Seven Cities, Albuquer­ que, New Mexico, 1940 (U. S. Coronado Exposition Commit­ tee). » » Don Juan de Oñate and the Foun­ ding of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1927. Hammond, G. P. and Goad, E. F.: The Adventures of Don Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Albuquerque, Univer­ sity of New Mexico, 1938. Hanke, Lewis: The First Social Experiments in America, Cambridge Massachusetts, Harvard University, 1935. Haring, Clarence H.: Irade and Navigation between Spain and the Indies, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University, 1918. Hussey, Roland D : The Caracas Company, 1728-1784: a Study in the History of Spanish Monopolistic Trade, Cam­ bridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University, 1934. 276 BOLETÍN DE LA REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA [6] Jacobsen, Jerome V.: Educational Foundations of the Je­ suits in the Sixteenth Century in New Spain, Berkeley, University of California, 1938. Jones, Paul Α.: Coronado and Quivira, Lyons, Kansas, Lyons Publishing Company, 1937 (3rd ed.). Kelly, Eaghan: Pedro de Alvarado, Conquistador, Prince­ ton, New Jersey, Princeton University, 1932. Καοορ, Faith Y.: Quest of the Cavaliers: De Soto and the Spanish Explorers, New York, Longmans-Green and Co., 1940. Lanning, John T.: Academic Culture in the Spanish Colo­ nies, New York, Oxford University Press, 1940. » » The Spanish Missions in Georgia, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, 1935. Leonard, Irving Α.: Don Carlos de Sigiienza y Congora, a Mexican Savant of the Seventeenth Century, Berkeley, University of California, 1929. Loth, David G.: Philip II of Spain, New York, Coward- McCann, 1932. May, Stella B.: The Conqueror's Lady: Inés de Suárez, New York, Parrar and Rinehart, 1930. Maynard, Theodore: De Soto and his Conquistadores, New York, 1930. McLachlen, J, 0.: Trade and Peace with Old Spain, 1667- 1750, New York, Macmillan, 1940. Means, Philip Α.: Fall of the Inca Empire and the Spanish Rule in Peru, New York, Scribner's, 1932. » » The Spanish Main, Focus of Envy, 1^92- 1700, New York, Scribner's, 1935. Mecham, J. Lloyd: Church and State in Latin America, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina, 1934. » » Francisco de Ibarra and Nueva Vizca- ya, Durham, North Carolina, Duke University, 1927. [7] HISTORIA DE ESPAÑA Y DE HISPANOAMÉRICA 277 Merriman, Roger Β.: Rise of the Spanish Empire in the Old World and in the New (4 vols.). New York, Macmillan, 1918-1934. Morison, Samuel E.: Admiral of the Ocean Sea: a Life of Christopher Columbus, Boston, 1942. » » Portuguese Voyages to America in the Fifteenth Century, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Universi­ ty, 1940. Neuman, Abraham: The Jews in Spain: their Social, Politi­ cal and Cultural Life during the Middle Ages, Philadel­ phia, 1942. O'Daniel, Victor F.: The Dominicans in Early Florida, New York, Catholic Historical Society, 1930. Otero, Nina: Old Spain in our Southwest, New York, Har- court, Brace and Co., 1936. Peck, A. M. and Meras, Ε.: Spain in Europe and America, New York, Harper Brothers, 1937.
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