Disputed Images of Colonialism
Spanish Rule and Indian Subversion in Northern Potosí, 1777-1780
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2839746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sergio Serulnikov (0000-0001-9709-8582, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 189 |
| Publication date | 1996-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2517139 |
| OpenAlex | W4246548381 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
Ai T the beginning of June 1780, a large group of Indians from the town of Macha in the south Andean province of Chayanta, northern Potosi, traveled to the colonial administrative center of La Plata, seat of the high court of Charcas, to denounce their Spanish and ethnic local authorities. Collective pilgrimages to Spanish tribunals were common among the Andean and Mexican peasantries. Native communities had long since gained the reputation of being litigious for flooding colonial courts with complaints that involved abuses in village government. The circumstances surrounding the journey of these Aymara Indians of Macha, nevertheless, were rather extraordinary. Over the three previous years, the Macha communities had carried out an exceptionally tenacious legal struggle. Juridical battles included several appeals to the royal treasury of Potosi, the Real Audiencia of Charcas, and one astonishing journey to Buenos Aires, 1,6oo miles away, where the Indians brought their case before the highest authority in the land, the viceroy of the Rio de la Plata. Local power groups responded by repeatedly attacking
Ancient history · Archaeology · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Subversion · Treasury · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Studies in Latin America · History · History and Politics in Latin America · Indigenous Cultures and History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,89 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2014 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |