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Into the archive : writing and power in colonial Peru / Kathryn Burns.

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection 2010 Available online

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection 2010
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Burns, Kathryn, 1959-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Archives--Peru--History.
Notaries--Peru--History.
Power (Social sciences)--Peru--History.
Peru--History--1548-1820--Sources.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (265 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham [NC] : Duke University Press, 2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Kathryn Burns shows how the biases and practices of Spanish notaries and their clients in colonial Cuzco shaped official records and, therefore, the archive on which contemporary historians rely.
Contents:
Of notaries, templates, and truth
Interests
Custom
Power in the archives
Archives as chessboards.
Notes:
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613065742
9781283065740
1283065746
9780822393450
082239345X
OCLC:
662619084

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