The Colonial Spanish-American City: Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism - Paperbackby Jay Kinsbruner (Author) The colonial Spanish American city, like its counterpart across the Atlantic, was an outgrowth of commercial enterprise. A center of entrepreneurial activity and wealth, it drew people seeking a better life, with more educational, occupational, commercial, bureaucratic, and marital possibilities than were available in the rural regions of the Spanish colonies. Indeed, the Spanish American city represented hope and