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Being the Heart of the World
Nino Vallen
其他書名
The Pacific and the Fashioning of the Self in New Spain, 1513–1641
出版Cambridge University Press, 2023-10-12
主題History / Latin America / GeneralHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)History / Oceania
ISBN10093220799781009322072
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=x9PQEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In this timely book Nino Vallen tells the story of New Spain's gradual integration into the Pacific Basin and challenges established views about identity formation among the elites of colonial Mexico. It examines how discussions about the establishment and desirability of transpacific connections interacted with more general debates over why some people deserved certain benefits over others. As part of these struggles, New Spain's changing place at the crossroads of transatlantic and transpacific routes became a subject of contention between actors moved by competing notions of a deserving self: the learned councillor, the veteran, the discoverer, the meritorious, the creole and the merchant. Reassessing current historiographical narratives on creole identities and worldviews, Being the Heart of the World contributes to a broader understanding of the early modern self and the ways in which it was shaped by the mobilities of an increasingly globalized world.