Writing the New World : The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire / Mauro Jos Caraccioli.

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Caraccioli, Mauro Jose [author.]

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TextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Gainesville : University of Florida Press, 2021Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (1 online resource)Content type:

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1683401689
9781683401681
1683401980
9781683401988

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Opening: Of Nature and Other Demons -- Narratives of Conquest and the Conquest of Narrative -- Oviedo, Las Casas, and the Difference That Made Nature -- The Anthropolitics of Bernardino de Sahagún -- The Imperial Renaissance of Francisco Hernández -- Jose de Acosta and the Ends of Empire -- Epilogue: Towards a Natural History of Colonial Dominaton

Summary: "In this volume, Mauro Caraccioli examines the natural history writings of early Spanish missionaries, using these texts to argue that colonial Latin America was fundamental in the development of modern political thought"-- Provided by publisher.

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"In this volume, Mauro Caraccioli examines the natural history writings of early Spanish missionaries, using these texts to argue that colonial Latin America was fundamental in the development of modern political thought"-- Provided by publisher.

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