Kathryn Burns

Into the Archive

Writing and Power in Colonial Peru

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the colonial archives in Spain and Peru that sheds light on the early history of this region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780822348573
• ISBN-10: 0822348578
• Artikelnr.: 30368562

Autorenporträt

Kathryn Burns is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She is the author of Colonial Habits: Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru, also published by Duke University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
1. Of Notaries, Templates, and Truth 20
2. Interests 42
3. Custom 68
4. Power in the Archives 95
5. Archives as Chessboards 124
Epilogue 148
Notes 153
Glossary 205
Works Consulted 209
Index 239