Being the Heart of the World: The Pacific and the Fashioning of the Self in New Spain, 1513-1641 (Cambridge Latin American Studies)
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Being the Heart of the World: The Pacific and the Fashioning of the Self in New Spain, 1513-1641 (Cambridge Latin American Studies)

Being the Heart of the World: The Pacific and the Fashioning of the Self in New Spain, 1513-1641 (Cambridge Latin American Studies)

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Nino Vallen (Author)  

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In this timely book Nino Vallen tells the story of New Spain's gradual integration into the Pacific Basin and challenges established views about identity formation among the elites of colonial Mexico. It examines how discussions about the establishment and desirability of transpacific connections interacted with more general debates over why some people deserved certain benefits over others. As part of these struggles, New Spain's changing place at the crossroads of transatlantic and transpacific routes became a subject of contention between actors moved by competing notions of a deserving self: the learned councillor, the veteran, the discoverer, the meritorious, the creole and the merchant. Reassessing current historiographical narratives on creole identities and worldviews, Being the Heart of the World contributes to a broader understanding of the early modern self and the ways in which it was shaped by the mobilities of an increasingly globalized world. Worked examples or Exercises
Nino Vallen is a Research Fellow at the Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute, Washington, University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on the role of transpacific interactions in Latin America's social and political history. This is his first book.
  • Contributor: Nino Vallen
  • Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN13: 9781009322072
  • Number of Pages: 384
  • Packaged Weight: 502
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Release Date: 2023-10-12
  • Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Nino Vallen is a Research Fellow at the Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute, Washington, University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on the role of transpacific interactions in Latin America's social and political history. This is his first book.

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