The empirical empire : Spanish colonial rule and the politics of knowledge /

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How was Spain able to govern its enormous colonial territories? In 1573 the king decreed that his councilors should acquire "complete knowledge" about the empire they were running from out of Madrid, and he initiated an impressive program for the systematic collection of empirical knowledg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brendecke, Arndt (Autor)
Otros Autores: Riemer, Jeremiah, 1952- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2016]
Temas:
HISTORY > Civilization.
HISTORY > Essays.
HISTORY > Reference.
HISTORY > Social History.
Politics and government > Historiography
Spain > Politics and government > Historiography.
Espagne > Politique et gouvernement > Historiographie.
Spain
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Appreciations
  • Content
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • I The king
  • all-seeing and blind
  • II. Knowledge as the ruler's postulate
  • III. Strolls through the world. The epistemic setting of the court
  • IV. The authorities of colonial rule
  • V. Knowledge in the setting of colonial rule
  • VI. Entera noticia: Ovando's project of complete knowledge
  • VII. Practices of knowledge acquisition
  • VIII. Consulting: scenarios for the application of knowledge
  • IX. Conclusions
  • Appendix.

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