Being the heart of the world : the Pacific and the fashioning of the self in New Spain, 1513-1641
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Bibliographic Information
Being the heart of the world : the Pacific and the fashioning of the self in New Spain, 1513-1641
(Cambridge Latin American studies, 131)
Cambridge University Press, 2023
- : hardback
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Glossary: p. 205-208
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-232) and index
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"-- Provided by publisher
Contents of Works
- Introduction
- 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
- Conclusion