The empirical empire : Spanish colonial rule and the politics of knowledge

The empirical empire : Spanish colonial rule and the politics of knowledge / Arndt Brendecke ; translated by Jeremiah Riemer.

How was Spain able to govern its enormous colonial territories? In 1573 the king decreed that his councilors should acquire "complete knowledge" about the empire they were running from out of Madrid, and he initiated an impressive program for the systematic collection of empirical knowledg...

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Main Author: Brendecke, Arndt (Author)
Other Authors: Riemer, Jeremiah, 1952- (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2016]
Subjects:
HISTORY > Civilization.
HISTORY > Essays.
HISTORY > Reference.
HISTORY > Social History.
Politics and government > Historiography
Spain > Politics and government > Historiography.
Spain
History.
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Imperium und Empirie.
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Summary:How was Spain able to govern its enormous colonial territories? In 1573 the king decreed that his councilors should acquire "complete knowledge" about the empire they were running from out of Madrid, and he initiated an impressive program for the systematic collection of empirical knowledge. Brendecke shows why this knowledge was created in the first place - but then hardly used. And he looks into the question of what political effects such a policy of knowledge had for Spain's colonial rule.--
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 322 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110369908
3110369907
3110369842
9783110369847
Language:Translated from the German.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 25, 2017).

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