The New World of the gothic fox : culture and economy in English and Spanish America /

The Spanish Indies in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was the most prosperous region of the world's greatest secular power. Lofty cathedrals and magnificent municipal buildings rose over Quito, Mexico, Lima, and Potosi at a time when English America consisted of little more than a few s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Véliz, Claudio
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21393
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Prologue
  • I. Prefatory Metaphors
  • II. The Invention of the Indies
  • III. The Spanish Counter-Reformation
  • IV. Baroque Hedgehogs
  • V. Gothic Foxes
  • VI. Hellenistic Aftermath
  • VII. A World Made in English
  • VIII. The Culture of the Latin American Economy
  • IX. The Crumbling Dome
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index