Distance and documents at the Spanish Empire's periphery /

Sellers-Garcia examines how distance was conceptualised in an empire that at its height spanned four continents, stretching from Europe to the Philippines. Distance mediated most aspects of how the Spanish empire functioned, but we know little about how it was envisioned and understood. This book ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sellers-García, Sylvia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
Temas:
To 1821
Government publications > Central America > History.
Government publications > Spain > Colonies.
Geographical perception > Spain > Colonies.
Central-local government relations > Spain > Colonies.
Publications officielles > Amérique centrale > Histoire.
Publications officielles > Espagne > Colonies.
Perception géographique > Espagne > Colonies.
Relations gouvernement central-collectivités locales > Espagne > Colonies.
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
Government publications
Spanish colonies
Central America > History > To 1821 > Sources.
Spain > Colonies > America > History > Sources.
Amérique centrale > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1821 > Sources.
Espagne > Colonies > Amérique > Histoire > Sources.
America
Central America
Spain
History
Sources
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Documenting distance : form and content
  • Dangerous distance : a Visita by Archbishop Cortés y Larraz
  • The mail in time : moving documents
  • Taking it to the periphery : overland mail carriers
  • The distant archive
  • The inventories of Guatemalan archivists.

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