Title Government and society in colonial Peru : the intendant system 1784-1814 / by J.R. Fisher

Published London : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2015

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Description 1 online resource : map Series Bloomsbury academic collections. History: History of Latin America Bloomsbury academic collections. History. History of Latin America Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; I. The Decadent Viceroyalty; II. Administrative Reorganization; III. Intendants and Viceroys; IV. Intendants, Subdelegates and Indians; V. Intendants and the Exchequer; VI. Intendants and the Economy; VII. Intendants and Public Administration; VIII. Intendants and Cabildos; IX. Administration on the Eve of Revolution; X. Conclusion; Appendices; 1. List of intendants with biographical notes; 2. Population of the viceroyalty of Peru in 1795; 3. Product of the Casa de Moneda of Lima, 1776-1820; 4. Tribute revenue, 1780-1811 5. Production of mercury at Huancavelica, 1759-1812Glossary of Spanish Terms; Bibliography; Index Summary This study of the structure of government and society in late colonial Peru is based upon detailed examination of the operation of the viceroyalty of the system of administration by intendants, partly in response to the demands for better provincial government expressed by the Túpac Amaru rebellion. Fisher examines relations between the intendants and other groups of administrators, and brings out the revolutionary implications of their attempts to stimulate municipal life and government and assesses Peru's increasing political and administrative instability upon the application of the viceroy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 28, 2015) Subject Intendants -- Peru -- History FICTION -- General. Intendants Colonies -- Administration Politics and government Spanish colonies SUBJECT Peru -- Politics and government -- 1548-1820. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100226 Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration Subject America Peru Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781474241182 1474241182

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