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Mapping Latin America
A Cartographic Reader
Häftad, 2011
939 kr
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For many, a map is nothing more than a tool used to determine the location or distribution of something - a country, a city, or a natural resource. But maps reveal much more: to really read a map means to examine what it shows and what it doesn't, and to ask who made it, why, and for whom. The …
From Sovereign Villages to National States
City, State, and Federation in Central America, 1759-1839
Av Jordana Dym
Inbunden, 2006
584 kr
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The role of the city - as an institution, as a political ideal, as a training ground for politicians - has been neglected in historical studies of Spanish American independence. Connecting the political changes of the Bourbon Reforms (1759-1788) and constitutional monarchy (1808-1821) to those of …
Mapping Travel
The Origins and Conventions of Western Journey Maps
Av Jordana Dym
Häftad, 2021
1277 kr
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More often than not, readers of travel narratives can expect to find at least one map—if not several—showing, as English privateer William Dampier wrote, “the Course of the Voyage,” that is, where the author-traveler went and, implicitly, a sense of what was seen and experienced. Dampier used a …
Politics, Economy, and Society in Bourbon Central America, 1759-1821
Av Jordana Dym, Christophe Belaubre
Inbunden, 2007
724 kr
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This book examines how the Spanish policies known broadly as the Bourbon Reforms affected Central American social, economic, and political institutions. Although historians have devoted significant attention to the purpose and impact of these reforms in Spain and some of Spains other New World …
