Subtitle The Politics of Natural History in the Early Spanish Empire

Release Date

2021-01-12

Publisher

University of Florida Press

EAN/ISBN

978-1683401681

Author(s)

Mauro Caraccioli

Summary

In Writing the New World, Mauro Caraccioli examines the natural history writings of early Spanish missionaries, using these texts to argue that colonial Latin America was fundamental in the development of modern political thought. Revealing their narrative context, religious ideals, and political implications, Caraccioli shows how these sixteenth-century works promoted a distinct genre of philosophical wonder in service of an emerging colonial social order.