Public Works in the Spanish Empire
A Bridging Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12418281 |
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| Authors | Manuel Lucena Giraldo (0000-0002-4936-1822, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, corresponding author), Manuel Lucena-Giraldo |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-112 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-26 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798720000630 |
| OpenAlex | W3031134466 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Public works began, at least in the Spanish Empire, after the failure of Christopher Columbus’s governance in the Antilles. The foundation of cities in the Americas was a colonization strategy. Urban republics formed a network to support the kingdoms of the Indies for more than three centuries. Far beyond traditional and nationalistic explanations, it was precisely the ability to establish bridges – social, as well as material – that explains the resilience and durability of this network until 1825
Ancient history · Art · Bridging (networking · Corporate governance · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Empire · Kingdom · Management · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychological resilience · Resilience (materials science · Sociology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Studies in Latin America · History · Politics and Society in Latin America · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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