City at the Center of the World: Space, History, and Modernity in Quito Contributor(s): Capello, Ernesto (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822961660 ISBN-13: 9780822961666 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2011 Click for more in this series: Pitt Latin American |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - South America |
Dewey: 986.613 |
LCCN: 2011021269 |
Series: Pitt Latin American |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9.2" L (1.00 lbs) 312 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps |
Review Citations: Choice 04/01/2012 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the seventeenth century, local Jesuits and Franciscans imagined Quito as the "new Rome." It was the site of miracles and home of saintly inhabitants, the origin of crusades into the surrounding wilderness, and the purveyor of civilization to the entire region. By the early twentieth century, elites envisioned the city as the heart of a modern, advanced society--poised at the physical and metaphysical centers of the world. |
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