Viceroy Güemes's Mexico : rituals, religion, and revenue / Christoph Rosenmüller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenmüller, Christoph, 1969- author.

Contributor:

Project Muse

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Diálogos (Albuquerque, N.M.)

Diálogos

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revilla Gigedo, Juan Francisco Güemes y Horcasitas, conde de, 1682?-1766.

Revilla Gigedo, Juan Francisco Güemes y Horcasitas.

New Spain--Politics and government.

New Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2024.

Contents:

Cover

Half title

Title

Copyright

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

A Note on Terms

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Education of a Bourbon Viceroy

Chapter 2. A Passage to Mexico

Chapter 3. From Viceregal Rituals to Informality: The Court in Mexico City

Chapter 4. "The Indians and Castes . . . Long for Change": Wrestling the Rural Priories from the Religious Orders

Chapter 5. Friends, Foes, and "Specters Spreading at Court": How Güemes Seized the Mexico City Alcabala Tax in 1753-1754

Chapter 6. One Kingdom to Rule the Other?: New Spain versus New Galicia

Chapter 7. Güemes's Endgame: Helping the King and Helping Oneself

Conclusion: Bourbon Brawn and Brain

Measures and Weights

Dramatis Personae

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 12, 2024).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Rosenmüller, Christoph Viceroy Güemes's Mexico

ISBN:

9780826366412

0826366414

Publisher Number:

40032251442

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.