Politics and Reform in Spain and Viceregal Mexico
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Description
This work examines the relationship between Spain and America in the seventeenth century through the life and thought of Juan de Palafox, a protege of the count-duke of Olivares who became Visitor General of New Spain. Alvarez de Toledo explores the failed attempt made by Palafox to reform overseas government on constitutional lines, and thus throws light upon the Spanish practice of empire and on how the transatlantic relationship worked and developed.Features
- Examines the relationship between Spain and America in the seventeenth century
- Explores and analyses the implications of Palafox's failed attempt at constitutional reform in America
Reviews
"...a model for Latin Americanists and Europeanists alike of how much can be gained by approaching issues of transatlantic political significant with an eye to motivations, actions, and outcomes in both the Old World and New." -- Renaissance Quarterly
"Alvarez has marshaled his research and the literature to create a biography of Juan de Palafox that provides an important contribution to the literature, but also contextualizes the behavior of Palafox in the diverse struggle between the interest of Spain and Mexico. As a result of this impressively researched and crafted book, together with the broad issues considered within the context of Spanish colonial policies, Alvarez's work emerges as an important study for those interested in colonial Spain." -- he Historian
