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Indians and mestizos in the "lettered city" : reshaping justice, social hierarchy, and political culture in colonial Peru /

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Through newly unearthed texts virtually unknown in Andean studies, Indians and Mestizos in the "Lettered City" highlights the Andean intellectual tradition of writing in the context of their long-term struggle for social empowerment, questioning the previous understanding of the "lett...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dueñas, Alcira, 1954- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2010]
Subjects:
Indians of South America > Peru > Politics and government.
Mestizos > Peru > Politics and government.
Indian authors > Peru > History.
Peruvian literature > Indian authors > History and criticism.
Learning and scholarship > Peru > History.
Anti-imperialist movements > Peru > History.
Social justice > Peru > History.
Political culture > Peru > History.
Peru > Ethnic relations.
Peru > Intellectual life.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foundations of seventeenth-century Andean scholarship
  • Andean scholarship in the eighteenth century : writers, networks, and texts
  • The European background of Andean scholarship
  • Andean discourses of justice : the colonial judicial system under scrutiny
  • The political culture of Andean elites : social inclusion and ethnic autonomy
  • The politics of identity formation in colonial Andean scholarship.