Vecindad : Citizenship in Local Communities -- Vecindad : From Castile to Spanish America -- Naturaleza : The Community of the Kingdom -- Naturaleza : From Castile to Spanish America -- The Other : Conversos, Gypsies, Foreign Catholics, and Foreign Vassals -- The Crisis of an Empire -- Was Spain Exceptional? -- Conclusions and Afterthoughts
Summary
An exploration of the emergence of a specifically Spanish concept of community in both Spain and Spanish America in the 18th century. Challenging the assumption that communities were the natural result of common factors such as language or religion, or that they were artificially imagined, Tamar Herzog re-examines early modern categories of belonging. She argues that the distinction between those who were Spaniards and those who were foreigners came about as local communities distinguished between immigrants who were judged to be willing to take on the rights and duties of membership in that community and those who were not
Analysis
Nacionalidad España Castilla Historia Siglo XVIII
Nacionalidad España Colonias Historia Siglo XVIII
España Colonias América Historia Siglo XVIII
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-321) and index
