Writing the new world : the politics of natural history in the early Spanish Empire /

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"In this volume, Mauro Caraccioli examines the natural history writings of early Spanish missionaries, using these texts to argue that colonial Latin America was fundamental in the development of modern political thought"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Caraccioli, Mauro José (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Natural history > Political aspects > Latin America.
Political science > Latin America.
Philosophy > Latin America.
Sciences naturelles > Aspect politique > Amérique latine.
Philosophie > Amérique latine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Philosophy
Political science
Latin America > History.
Amérique latine > Histoire.
Latin America
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Opening: Of Nature and Other Demons
  • Narratives of Conquest and the Conquest of Narrative
  • Oviedo, Las Casas, and the Difference That Made Nature
  • The Anthropolitics of Bernardino de Sahagún
  • The Imperial Renaissance of Francisco Hernández
  • José de Acosta and the Ends of Empire
  • Epilogue: Towards a Natural History of Colonial Dominaton

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