Bureaucracy on the Ground in Colonial Mexico: A Window into the Visita of 1765

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dc.creatorErwin, Brittany
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-18T13:56:10Z
dc.date.available2020-12-18T13:56:10Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-03
dc.description.abstractThis exhibition explores the localized consequences of the royal inspection, or visita general, administered by José de Gálvez in New Spain from 1765-1771. In an empire as vast and diverse as Spain’s, visitas were valuable tools. On the one hand, they helped reinforce the authority of the king through detailed investigations of community life. At the same time, they demonstrated the king’s vested interest in local justice and the common good. The procedure that the Inspector, or Visitador, followed was lengthy and complex. During his tenure, he investigated the functioning of political, economic, social, and even ecclesiastical institutions. Upon the completion of the visita, it was the responsibility of Gálvez to turn his notes, correspondence, and recommendations into a comprehensible summary report for the king. This exhibition provides an introduction to that process through an analysis of more than 30 documents from the Genaro Garcia Collection.en_US
dc.description.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipLLILAS Benson Digital Scholarship Fellowship (Excellence Fund for Technology and Development in Latin America)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/83974
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/10967
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofGenaro García Manuscript Collectionen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectCatholic Churchen_US
dc.subjectColonial Administrationen_US
dc.subjectTobaccoen_US
dc.subjectPlaying Cardsen_US
dc.subjectMining Industryen_US
dc.subjectRoyal Inspectionsen_US
dc.titleBureaucracy on the Ground in Colonial Mexico: A Window into the Visita of 1765en_US
dc.typePresentationen_US

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