The Enlightenment on Trial

Autor

Bianca Premo

Editura

Oxford University Press

An publicare

2017

Nr. Pagini

384

ISBN

9780190638733

Categorii

Istorie Științe Umaniste Stiinte Istorie Regionala Si Nationala Istoria Americii

Descriere

The principal protagonists of this history of the Enlightenment are non-literate, poor, and enslaved colonial litigants who began to sue their superiors in the royal courts of the Spanish empire. With comparative data on civil litigation and close readings of the lawsuits, The Enlightenment on Trial explores how ordinary Spanish Americans actively produced modern concepts of law.