Distance and documents at the Spanish Empire's periphery / Sylvia Sellers-García.

9780804788823 (ebook) :

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]

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1 online resource (xiii, 257 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

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Sellers-Garcia examines how distance was conceptualised in an empire that at its height spanned four continents, stretching from Europe to the Philippines. Distance mediated most aspects of how the Spanish empire functioned, but we know little about how it was envisioned and understood. This book argues that documents, particularly official documents, were crucial to overcoming long distances. Focusing on Guatemala, a part of the empire that has long been considered 'peripheral', the book examines how the creation, movement, and storage of documents reflect particular conceptions of distance.

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May 03, 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index.