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Hierarchy, Commerce and Fraud in Bourbon Spanish America
Ruth Hill
其他書名
A Postal Inspector's Exposé
出版
Vanderbilt University Press
, 2005
主題
History / Latin America / General
History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
History / Europe / Spain
Law / Criminal Law / General
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / Corruption & Misconduct
Social Science / Discrimination
Social Science / Gender Studies
Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity
ISBN
0826514928
9780826514929
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=I4fvKaKyl1sC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Using
El lazarillo de ciegos caminantes
(the "Guide for Blind Rovers" by Alonso Carrio de Lavandera, the best known work of the era) as a jumping off point for a sprawling discussion of 18th-century Spanish America, Ruth Hill argues for a richer, more nuanced understanding of the relationship between Spain and its western colonies. Armed with primary sources including literature, maps, census data, letters, and diaries, Hill reveals a rich world of intrigue and artifice, where identity is surprisingly fluid and always in question. More importantly, Hill crafts a complex argument for reassessing our understanding of race and class distinctions at the time, with enormous implications for how we view conceptions of race and class today.