Free people of color in the Spanish Atlantic: race and citizenship, 1780-1850

"This book grapples with the important contemporary question of the boundaries of citizenship and access to naturalization by analyzing a body of relevant juridical sources, dating from the end of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century, concerning the free people of...

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1. Verfasser: Morelli, Federica 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Routledge 2020
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in the history of the Americas
Routledge studies in the history of the Americas
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Zusammenfassung:"This book grapples with the important contemporary question of the boundaries of citizenship and access to naturalization by analyzing a body of relevant juridical sources, dating from the end of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century, concerning the free people of color in late colonial and early independent Spanish America. Their precarious status makes this group a privileged subject to examine the negotiation and formation of racial identity as well as the definition of citizenship requirements in colonial and post-colonial contexts. Based on archival material collected in Spain (Seville and Madrid) and Latin America (Mexico City, Bogotá, Quito, Lima and Buenos Aires), the book demonstrates that the access of free people of color to citizenship both in the late colonial and early independent period was not established by state authorities, but resulted from complex dynamics between the state and the local society"--
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 15, 2020)
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 240 pages) illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781000080896
1000080897
9781003046813
1003046819
9781000080872
1000080870
9781000080889
1000080889

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