The Bishop's Utopia : Envisioning Improvement in Colonial Peru.
Soule, Emily Berquist.
The Bishop's Utopia : Envisioning Improvement in Colonial Peru. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (316 pages) - The Early Modern Americas Series . - The Early Modern Americas Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction. Utopias in the New World -- Chapter 1. The Books of a Bishop -- Chapter 2. Parish Priests and Useful Information -- Chapter 3. Imagining Towns in Trujillo -- Chapter 4. Improvement Through Education -- Chapter 5. The Hualgayoc Silver Mine -- Chapter 6. Local Botany: The Products of Utopia -- Chapter 7. The Legacy of Martínez Compañón -- Conclusion. Martínez Compañón's Native Utopia -- Afterword -- Sources and Methods -- Appendix 1. Ecclesiastical Questionnaire Sent to Priests Prior to the Visita Party's Arrival -- Appendix 2. Natural History Questionnaire Sent to Priests Prior to the Visita Party's Arrival -- Archives and Special Collections Consulted -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations.
Based on intensive archival research and the unique visual data of more than a thousand extraordinary watercolors, The Bishop's Utopia seamlessly weaves cultural history, natural history, art, and imperial politics into a cinematic retelling of the life of Spanish Bishop Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón and northern Peru in the 1780s.
9780812209433
Martínez Compañón y Bujanda, Baltasar Jaime,-1735-1797.
Martínez Compañón y Bujanda, Baltasar Jaime,-1735-1797.-Trujillo del Perú a fines del siglo XVIII.
Indians of South America-Material culture-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad).
Indians of South America-Ethnobotany-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad).
Indians of South America-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad)-Social conditions-18th century.
Social planning-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad)-History-18th century.
Utopias-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad)-History-18th century.
Natural history-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad).
Material culture in art.
Electronic books.
F3611.T8 -- S68 2014eb
985.033
The Bishop's Utopia : Envisioning Improvement in Colonial Peru. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (316 pages) - The Early Modern Americas Series . - The Early Modern Americas Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction. Utopias in the New World -- Chapter 1. The Books of a Bishop -- Chapter 2. Parish Priests and Useful Information -- Chapter 3. Imagining Towns in Trujillo -- Chapter 4. Improvement Through Education -- Chapter 5. The Hualgayoc Silver Mine -- Chapter 6. Local Botany: The Products of Utopia -- Chapter 7. The Legacy of Martínez Compañón -- Conclusion. Martínez Compañón's Native Utopia -- Afterword -- Sources and Methods -- Appendix 1. Ecclesiastical Questionnaire Sent to Priests Prior to the Visita Party's Arrival -- Appendix 2. Natural History Questionnaire Sent to Priests Prior to the Visita Party's Arrival -- Archives and Special Collections Consulted -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations.
Based on intensive archival research and the unique visual data of more than a thousand extraordinary watercolors, The Bishop's Utopia seamlessly weaves cultural history, natural history, art, and imperial politics into a cinematic retelling of the life of Spanish Bishop Baltasar Jaime Martínez Compañón and northern Peru in the 1780s.
9780812209433
Martínez Compañón y Bujanda, Baltasar Jaime,-1735-1797.
Martínez Compañón y Bujanda, Baltasar Jaime,-1735-1797.-Trujillo del Perú a fines del siglo XVIII.
Indians of South America-Material culture-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad).
Indians of South America-Ethnobotany-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad).
Indians of South America-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad)-Social conditions-18th century.
Social planning-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad)-History-18th century.
Utopias-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad)-History-18th century.
Natural history-Peru-Trujillo (La Libertad).
Material culture in art.
Electronic books.
F3611.T8 -- S68 2014eb
985.033