ISBN:
9781009322089
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 247 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Cambridge Latin American studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.8/20972530903
Keywords:
Geschichte 1513-1641
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Identity (Philosophical concept)
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Kolonialismus
;
New Spain / Emigration and immigration
;
New Spain / Commerce / History
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Mexico / Emigration and immigration
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Mexico / Commerce / History
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Pacific Area / Relations / New Spain
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New Spain / Relations / Pacific Area
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Pacific Area / Commerce / New Spain
;
New Spain / Commerce / Pacific Area
;
Spain / Colonies / History
;
Spanien
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Spanien
;
Kolonialismus
;
Geschichte 1513-1641
Abstract:
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
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2023)
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Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The discoverer : legal struggles over the Pacific Northwest -- The veteran : capitalizing on knowledge of the routes between the Indies -- The meritorious : rootedness and mobility in the Pacific Basin -- The Creole : distributing royal patronage on the Western religious itinerary to Asia -- The merchant : debating transpacific trade and the functioning of the economy of favor -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Sources and bibliography -- Index
DOI:
10.1017/9781009322089
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009322089
