Government and society in colonial Peru : the intendant system 1784-1814 /
This study of the structure of government and society in late colonial Peru is based upon detailed examination of the operation of the viceroyalty of the system of administration by intendants, partly in response to the demands for better provincial government expressed by the Túpac Amaru rebellion...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2015
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| Series: | Bloomsbury academic collections History. History of Latin America.
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| Summary: | This study of the structure of government and society in late colonial Peru is based upon detailed examination of the operation of the viceroyalty of the system of administration by intendants, partly in response to the demands for better provincial government expressed by the Túpac Amaru rebellion. Fisher examines relations between the intendants and other groups of administrators, and brings out the revolutionary implications of their attempts to stimulate municipal life and government and assesses Peru's increasing political and administrative instability upon the application of the viceroy This study of the structure of government and society in late colonial Peru is based upon detailed examination of the operation of the viceroyalty of the system of administration by intendants, partly in response to the demands for better provincial government expressed by the Túpac Amaru rebellion. Fisher examines relations between the intendants and other groups of administrators, and brings out the revolutionary implications of their attempts to stimulate municipal life and government and assesses Peru's increasing political and administrative instability upon the application of the viceroy |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1474241182 9781474241182 |