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Being the heart of the world : the Pacific and the fashioning of the self in new Spain, 1513-1641 / Nino Vallen.

Author/creator Vallen, Nino author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Descriptionxiii, 247 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Cambridge Latin American studies
Cambridge Latin American studies ; 131. ^A35906
Contents Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The discoverer : legal struggles over the Pacific Northwest -- The veteran : capitalizing on knowledge of the routes between the Indies -- The meritorious : rootedness and mobility in the Pacific Basin -- The Creole : distributing royal patronage on the Western religious itinerary to Asia -- The merchant : debating transpacific trade and the functioning of the economy of favor -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Sources and bibliography -- Index.
Abstract "Being the Heart of the World offers a timely reflection on the relationship between mobility and identity making in the Spanish colonial world. It will be of value to historians of colonial Mexico and the Spanish empire"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-232) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Vallen, Nino. Being the heart of the world Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009322089
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2023007951
ISBN9781009322072
ISBN1009322079
ISBN9781009322041 (paperback)
ISBN1009322044
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