Changing Meaning of Honor, Status, and Class: The Letrados and Bureaucrats of New Granada in the Late Colonial and Early Postcolonial Period

State and Society in Spanish America during the Age of Revolution calls into question the orthodox split of Latin American history into colonial and modern, arguing that this split obscures significant economic, social, and even political continuities from 1780 to 1850. In addition, the book argues that the colonial-modern division makes it difficult to appraise historical changes in a comprehensive way. The book covers an unconventional period-1750 to 1850-and looks at the continuities over this longer, more comprehensive timespan. The essays discuss late colonial and postcolonial developments in gender, racial, class, and cultural relations across Latin America and in specific regions, including Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile. By bridging these two eras and looking at the \u27Age of Democratic Revolution\u27 as a whole, the book allows readers to see the coming of Latin America\u27s struggle for independence from Spain and Portugal and the changes after independence. Written by established Latin American scholars as well as up-and-coming historians, these essays are published in this volume for the first time. This book is ideal for courses on Latin American history, including colonial history, national history, and the \u27Age of Revolution.\u27https://ecollections.law.fiu.edu/faculty_books/1183/thumbnail.jp