Nino Vallen (Pacific Office of the German Historical Institute Wash

Being the Heart of the World

The Pacific and the Fashioning of the Self in New Spain, 1513-1641

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Produktbeschreibung

Being the Heart of the World offers a timely reflection on the relationship between mobility and identity-making in the Spanish colonial world. It will be of value to historians of colonial Mexico and the Spanish empire.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Latin American Studies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9781009322072
• ISBN-10: 1009322079
• Artikelnr.: 68032995

Autorenporträt

Nino Vallen is a Research Fellow at the Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute, Washington, University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on the role of transpacific interactions in Latin America's social and political history. This is his first book.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Discoverer: Legal Struggles over the Pacific Northwest
2. The Veteran: Capitalizing on Knowledge of the Routes Between the Indies
3. The Meritorious: Rootedness and Mobility in the Pacific Basin
4. The Creole: Distributing Royal Patronage on the Western Religious Itinerary to Asia
5. The Merchant: Debating Transpacific Trade and the Functioning of the Economy of Favor
Glossary
Sources and bibliography
Index.