Gamboa's World: Justice, Silver Mining, and Imperial Reform in New Spain

by Christopher Albi

Book Overview

Gamboa's World examines the changing legal landscape of eighteenth-century Mexico through the lens of the jurist Francisco Xavier de Gamboa (1717-1794). Gamboa was both a representative of legal professionals in the Spanish world and a central protagonist in major legal controversies in Mexico. Of Basque descent, Gamboa rose from an impoverished childhood in Guadalajara to the top of the judicial hierarchy in New Spain. He practiced law in Mexico...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082636294X
• ISBN13: 9780826362940
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"