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Into the archive : writing and power in colonial Peru / Kathryn Burns.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burns, Kathryn, 1959-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Archives--Peru--History.
- Archives.
- Notaries--Peru--History.
- Notaries.
- Power (Social sciences)--Peru--History.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Peru--History--1548-1820--Sources.
- Peru.
- 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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