How to Write the History of the New World
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In How to Write the History of the New World, Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra examines historiographical traditions about the Americas and proposes new approaches to understanding colonial history.
He interrogates Eurocentric narratives and highlights the epistemic challenges of reconstructing New World histories.
The book emphasizes archival practices, intellectual currents, and the transatlantic circulation of knowledge that shaped accounts of discovery and colonization.
Cañizares-Esguerra's work is widely cited in Atlantic and colonial studies and informs the authors' approach in The Radical Spanish Empire.
He interrogates Eurocentric narratives and highlights the epistemic challenges of reconstructing New World histories.
The book emphasizes archival practices, intellectual currents, and the transatlantic circulation of knowledge that shaped accounts of discovery and colonization.
Cañizares-Esguerra's work is widely cited in Atlantic and colonial studies and informs the authors' approach in The Radical Spanish Empire.
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