| Description |
1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Documenting distance : form and content -- Dangerous distance : a Visita by Archbishop Cortés y Larraz -- The mail in time : moving documents -- Taking it to the periphery : overland mail carriers -- The distant archive -- The inventories of Guatemalan archivists. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Government publications -- Central America -- History.
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Government publications. |
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Central America. |
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History. |
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Government publications -- Spain -- Colonies.
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Spain. |
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Colonies. |
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Geographical perception -- Spain -- Colonies.
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Central-local government relations -- Spain -- Colonies.
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Central-local government relations. |
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Central America -- History -- To 1821 -- Sources.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1821 |
| Subject |
Geographical perception. |
| Genre/Form |
Sources.
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| Subject |
Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- Sources.
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America. |
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico. |
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HISTORY / Latin America / General. |
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Spanish colonies. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sellers-García, Sylvia. Distance and documents at the Spanish Empire's periphery. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014 9780804787055 (DLC) 2013021475 (OCoLC)843858278 |
| ISBN |
9780804788823 (electronic book) |
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0804788820 (electronic book) |
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9780804787055 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0804787050 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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