Being the heart of the world : the Pacific and the fashioning of the self in New Spain, 1513-1641 /
"Being the Heart of the World offers a timely reflection on the relationship between mobility and identity making in the Spanish colonial world. It will be of value to historians of colonial Mexico and the Spanish empire"--
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Published: |
Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
Publication Dates: | 2023. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Cambridge Latin American studies ;
131 |
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Summary: |
"Being the Heart of the World offers a timely reflection on the relationship between mobility and identity making in the Spanish colonial world. It will be of value to historians of colonial Mexico and the Spanish empire"-- |
Carrier Form: | xiii, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-232) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781009322072 1009322079 9781009322041 1009322044 |
Index Number: | DU65 |
CLC: |
F757.09 D770.38-09 |
Call Number: | D770.38-09/V183 |
Contents: |
The discoverer : legal struggles over the Pacific Northwest -- The veteran : capitalizing on knowledge of the routes between the Indies -- The meritorious : rootedness and mobility in the Pacific Basin -- The Creole : distributing royal patronage on the Western religious itinerary to Asia -- The merchant : debating transpacific trade and the functioning of the economy of favor -- |