The Matter of Empire: Metaphysics and Mining in Colonial Peru

by Orlando Bentancor

The Matter of Empire examines the philosophical principles invoked by apologists of the Spanish empire that laid the foundations for the material exploitation of the Andean region between 1520 and 1640. Centered on Potosi, Bolivia, Orlando Bentancor's original study ties the colonizers' attempts to justify the abuses wrought upon the environment and the indigenous population to their larger ideology concerning mining, science, and the empire's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082294460X
• ISBN13: 9780822944607
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"