Constellations d'Empire Territorialisation et construction impériale dans les Amériques hispaniques (xviie-xviiie siècle)

• Main Author: Zuñiga, Jean-Paul (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Published: Madrid Casa de Velázquez 2023
• Series: Bibliothèque de la Casa de Velázquez
• Subjects: History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; traffic; empire; border; race; territorialization; city; Spanish America
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book looks at the Hispanic monarchy in America through its ability to territorialize the spaces theoretically under its control. While the analysis confirms the central role played by the city, its novelty lies in the effort made to spatialize and contextualize the notions of territorialization and circulation. The Spanish Empire appears as an atomized urban archipelago, favoring the affirmation of original idiosyncratic poles captured through the polysemy of the term "caste", often reduced to the global concept of "race" by historiography. On the contrary, this book demonstrates the importance of specific forms of experience in defining belonging, while highlighting the social construction of spaces revealed by the circulation of the idea of "caste".