Government and society in colonial Peru : the intendant system 1784-1814 / J. R. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, John Robert, 1946- author.

Series:

History: Bloomsbury Academic Collections

History : Bloomsbury academic collections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intendants--Peru--History.

Intendants.

Peru--Politics and government--1548-1820.

Peru.

Spain--Colonies--America--Administration.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloosmbury Academic, 1970.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This study of the structure of government and society in late colonial Peru is based upon detailed examination of the operation of the viceroyalty of the system of administration by intendants, partly in response to the demands for better provincial government expressed by the Túpac Amaru rebellion. Fisher examines relations between the intendants and other groups of administrators, and brings out the revolutionary implications of their attempts to stimulate municipal life and government and assesses Peru's increasing political and administrative instability upon the application of the viceroyalty of the Constitution of Cádiz."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

I. The Decadent Viceroyalty

II. Administrative Reorganization

III. Intendants and Viceroys

IV. Intendants, Subdelegates and Indians

V. Intendants and the Exchequer

VI. Intendants and the Economy

VII. Intendants and Public Administration

VIII. Intendants and Cabildos

IX. Administration on the Eve of Revolution

X. Conclusion

Appendices

1. List of intendants with biographical notes

2. Population of the viceroyalty of Peru in 1795

3. Product of the Casa de Moneda of Lima, 1776-1820

4. Tribute revenue, 1780-1811

5. Production of mercury at Huancavelica, 1759-1812

Glossary of Spanish Terms

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"First published in 1970 by The Athlone Press."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474284790

1474284795

9781474241182

1474241182

OCLC:

933565827