The empirical empire :: Spanish colonial rule and the politics of knowledge /

How was Spain able to govern its enormous colonial territories? In 1573 the king decreed that his councilors should acquire "complete knowledge" about the empire they were running from out of Madrid, and he initiated an impressive program for the systematic collection of empirical knowledg...

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Main Author: Brendecke, Arndt (Author)
Other Authors: Riemer, Jeremiah, 1952- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2016]
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:How was Spain able to govern its enormous colonial territories? In 1573 the king decreed that his councilors should acquire "complete knowledge" about the empire they were running from out of Madrid, and he initiated an impressive program for the systematic collection of empirical knowledge. Brendecke shows why this knowledge was created in the first place - but then hardly used. And he looks into the question of what political effects such a policy of knowledge had for Spain's colonial rule.--
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 322 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110369908
3110369907
3110369842
9783110369847

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