Hierarchy, Commerce, and Fraud in Bourbon Spanish America
A Postal Inspector's Expose
- ISBN: 9780826501523
- Editorial: Vanderbilt University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2022
- Lugar de la edición: Nashville (TN). Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Colección: Latin American Studies
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 408
- Idiomas: Inglés
Using El lazarillo de ciegos caminantes (the "Guide for Blind Rovers" by Alonso Carrio de Lavandera, the best known work of the era) as a jumping off point for a sprawling discussion of 18th-century Spanish America, Ruth Hill argues for a richer, more nuanced understanding of the relationship between Spain and its western colonies. Armed with primary sources including literature, maps, census data, letters, and diaries, Hill reveals a rich world of intrigue and artifice, where identity is surprisingly fluid and always in question. More importantly, Hill crafts a complex argument for reassessing our understanding of race and class distinctions at the time, with enormous implications for how we view conceptions of race and class today.
