Writing the New World : The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire /
Caraccioli, Mauro Jose,
Writing the New World : The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire / Mauro Jos Caraccioli. - 1 online resource (212 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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
Open Access
"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"--
9781683401988
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Political science
Philosophy
Philosophy--Latin America.
Political science--Latin America.
Natural history--Political aspects--Latin America.
Latin America
Latin America--History.
History
Electronic books.
Writing the New World : The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire / Mauro Jos Caraccioli. - 1 online resource (212 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
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
Open Access
"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"--
9781683401988
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Political science
Philosophy
Philosophy--Latin America.
Political science--Latin America.
Natural history--Political aspects--Latin America.
Latin America
Latin America--History.
History
Electronic books.