Indians and mestizos in the "lettered city": reshaping justice, social hierarchy, and political culture in colonial Peru

Abstract

Introduction Foundations of Seventeenth-Century Andean Scholarship Andean Scholarship in the Eighteenth Century: Writers, Networks & Texts The European Background of Andean Scholarship Andean Discourses of Justice: The Colonial Judicial System Under Scrutiny The Political Culture of Andean Elites: Social Inclusion & Ethnic Autonomy The Politics of Identity Formation in Colonial Andean Scholarship Conclusion Epilogue Index.