Defining nations : immigrants and citizens in early modern Spain and Spanish America / Tamar Herzog.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herzog, Tamar.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Spain--Castile--History--18th century.

Citizenship.

Citizenship--Colonies--Spain--History--18th century.

Colonies.

History.

Spain.

Spain--Colonies--America--History--18th century.

America.

Spain--Castile.

Physical Description:

viii, 325 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2003]

Summary:

In this book Tamar Herzog explores the emergence of a specifically Spanish concept of community in both Spain and Spanish America in the eighteenth century. Challenging the assumption that communities were the natural result of common factors such as language or religion, or that they were artificially imagined, Herzog reexamines early modern categories of belonging. She argues that the distinction between those who were Spaniards and those who were foreigners came about as local communities distinguished between immigrants who were judged to be willing to take on the rights and duties of membership in that community and those who were not.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-321) and index.

ISBN:

0300092539

OCLC:

50243640