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Corruption in the Iberian Empires : Greed, Custom, and Colonial Networks /
"This book provides new perspectives into a subject that historians have largely overlooked. The contributors use fresh archival research from Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, and the Philippines to examine the lives of slaves and farmworkers as well as self-serving magistrates, bishop...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico Press
[2017]
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | "This book provides new perspectives into a subject that historians have largely overlooked. The contributors use fresh archival research from Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Bolivia, Mexico, and the Philippines to examine the lives of slaves and farmworkers as well as self-serving magistrates, bishops, and traders in contraband. The authors show that corruption was a powerful discourse in the Atlantic world. Investigative judges could dismiss culprits, jail them, or, sometimes, have them 'garroted and their corpses publicly displayed'"...Provided by publisher. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (264 pages): 3 Karten |
| ISBN: | 9780826358264 |