The empirical empire [electronic resource] : Spanish colonial rule and the politics of knowledge / Arndt Brendecke ; [translated by Jeremiah Riemer].

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brendecke, Arndt (Author)
Other Authors: Riemer, Jeremiah, 1952- (Translator)
Language:English
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2016]
Subjects:
Spain > Colonies > America > History.
Spain > Politics and government > 1556-1598.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2016 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2016 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
The Empirical Empire: Spanish Colonial Rule and the Politics of Knowledge
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The king : all-seeing and blind
  • Knowledge as the ruler's postulate
  • Strolls through the world : the epistemic setting of the court
  • The authorities of colonial rule
  • Knowledge in the setting of colonial rule
  • Entera noticia : Ovando's project of complete knowledge
  • Practices of knowledge acquisition
  • Consulting : scenarios for the application of knowledge.