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Politics, Economy, and Society in Bourbon Central America, 1759-1821
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Dym, Jordana; Belaubre, Christophe. Num Pages: 310 pages, 4 b/w photos, 1 illustration, 7 maps, 2. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 584.
This book examines how the Spanish policies known broadly as the Bourbon Reforms affected Central American social, economic, and political institutions. Although historians have devoted significant attention to the purpose and impact of these reforms in Spain and some of Spains other New World colonies, this book is the first to explore their impact on Central America. These reforms profoundly changed aspects of Central America's politics and society; however, these essays reveal that changes in the region were shaped both internally and externally and that they weakened the regions ties to metropolitan Spain as often as they reinforced them. ... Read more
This book examines how the Spanish policies known broadly as the Bourbon Reforms affected Central American social, economic, and political institutions. Although historians have devoted significant attention to the purpose and impact of these reforms in Spain and some of Spains other New World colonies, this book is the first to explore their impact on Central America. These reforms profoundly changed aspects of Central America's politics and society; however, these essays reveal that changes in the region were shaped both internally and externally and that they weakened the regions ties to metropolitan Spain as often as they reinforced them. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of Colorado United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Colorado, United States
ISBN
9780870818448
SKU
V9780870818448
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About
Jordana Dym is an associate professor of Latin American History at Skidmore College. Christophe Belaubre holds a doctorate from the Universite de Toulouse-Le Mirail.
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