The science of useful nature in Central America : landscapes, networks and practical enlightenment, 1784-1838 /
The Kingdom of Guatemala in the late eighteenth century was a paradox. It was simultaneously rich and poor, according to its colonial administrators, priests, merchants and ordinary residents. It was a 'kingdom of vast extension' that should by all accounts be a wealthy province within the...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. A kingdom of vast extension; 1. Landscape, ruins, and governance; 2. Networks of knowledge and action; 3. Making enlightenment local; 4. Useful geography in practice; 5. Transforming environments; 6. Independence and useful nature; Conclusions; Glossary of Colonial administrative terms; Bibliography; Index.