Being the heart of the world: the Pacific and the fashioning of the self in new Spain, 1513-1641

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 connectio...

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1. Verfasser: Vallen, Nino (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge Latin American studies
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Zusammenfassung: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
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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
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 247 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009322089
DOI:10.1017/9781009322089

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