Being the heart of the world : the Pacific and the fashioning of the self in New Spain, 1513-1641
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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
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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