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Ruth Hill

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13 janvier 2006

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EAN13

9780826591975

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

5 Mo

Using El lazarillo de ciegos caminantes (the "Guide for Blind Rovers" by Alonso Carrio de Lavandera, the best known work of the era) as a jumping off point for a sprawling discussion of 18th-century Spanish America, Ruth Hill argues for a richer, more nuanced understanding of the relationship between Spain and its western colonies. Armed with primary sources including literature, maps, census data, letters, and diaries, Hill reveals a rich world of intrigue and artifice, where identity is surprisingly fluid and always in question. More importantly, Hill crafts a complex argument for reassessing our understanding of race and class distinctions at the time, with enormous implications for how we view conceptions of race and class today.

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Publié par

Vanderbilt University Press

Date de parution

13 janvier 2006

EAN13

9780826591975

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

5 Mo

Hierarchy, Commerce,andFraudin Bourbon Spanish America   ’  Rut Hill

Hierarcy, Commerce, and Fraud in Bourbon Spanis America

Hierarchy, Commerce, and Fraudin Bourbon Spanish America

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Rut Hill

Vanderbilt University Press Nasville

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his book is printed on acid-free paper. Manufactured in te United States of America

Publication of tis book as been supported by a generous subsidy from te Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and United States Universities.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hill, Rut, – Hierarcy, commerce, and fraud in Bourbon Spanis America : a postal inspector’s expose / Rut Hill. p. cm. Includes bibliograpical references.  --- (clot : alk. paper) . Concolorcorvo, b. ca. . Lazarillo de ciegos caminantes. . Latin America—History—To . . Spain—Colonies—America—Commerce. . Oligarcy—Latin America—History—t century. . Social classes—Latin America—History—t century. . Corruption—Latin America—History—t century. . Fraud—Latin America—History—t century. I. Title. .  ’.—dc 

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List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Contents

  Mexico City versus Lima:Pila,Puente,Pan,andPeinesDefacing a Bourbon Legend:Pedro,Pardo,Paulino,andPerulero

  En Route and in te Loop: Trade, Metals, and Elites, circa – Of Gods and Men: Bourbon Blindness and te Post, circa –

  Before Race: Hierarcy in Bourbon Spanis America he Inca Impostor Unmasked: Culture, Controversy, and Concolorcorvo

Trial of te Century: Humor, Retoric, and te Law

Epilogue Notes Bibliograpy Index

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Illustrations

Map of Mexico City, 

Map of Kingdom of Guatemala, 

Front page of teGaceta de Lima,

Riddle from teGaceta de Lima,

Riddle from teGaceta de Lima.

Riddle from teGaceta de Lima,

Map of Lima, 

Map of Lima, 

Map of Lima, 

Map of Riverplate Region,  Map of Santiago, Cile,  Map of City of Quito,Kingdom of Quito, Emblems ofSameandIgnorance, Emblem ofError, Emblem ofError, Monster born in Buenos Aires,  Emblem ofSilence, Pre-Conquest Rulers of New Granada,  Pre-Conquest Rulers of New Granada,  Map of Cape of Good Hope, 

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