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Inventing Lima : Baroque Modernity in Peru's South Sea Metropolis /

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This study examines certain key elements of the "making" or "inventing" of Lima as Peru's viceregal capital. Through analysis of seventeenth-century ceremonies of state and local religious rituals, this book asserts that colonial Lima was culturally diverse and its rich popu...

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Main Author: Osorio, Alejandra B. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Series:Americas in the early modern Atlantic world.
Subjects:
History.
Cultural History.
History of the Americas.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Latin American Culture.
Social History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Civilization > History.
Ethnology > Latin America.
Imperialism.
Social history.
World history.
America > History.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This study examines certain key elements of the "making" or "inventing" of Lima as Peru's viceregal capital. Through analysis of seventeenth-century ceremonies of state and local religious rituals, this book asserts that colonial Lima was culturally diverse and its rich population more integrated than historiography would suggest.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages)
ISBN:9780230612488
DOI:10.1057/9780230612488