Power and Violence in the Colonial City
Oscar Cornblit
Cambridge University Press, 2003
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This book examines the characteristics of political power in the cities of the colonial Spanish Empire between the 1740s and 1780s, based on a detailed study of the mining city of Oruro in Alto Peru (present-day Bolivia), emphasizing the workings of the judicial system and role of the bureaucracy.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521533157
- ISBN-10
- 0521533155
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2003
- Publication date
- 2003-01-30
- Pages
- 248
- Dimensions
- 229x152x20
- Weight
- 375