The Division of the World: On Archives, Empires and the Vanity of Borders

by Martin Zimmerman, Martin Zimmermann, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg

A photographer and a historian explore a vast archive of Spanish colonial history.

At a time when Western nations are being urged to confront their colonial past, this book examines a major archive, revealing the scale of the Spanish colonial enterprise in South and Central America.

Established in 1785, the Archivo General de Indias in Seville holds roughly three hundred years of Spanish colonial history in the Americas. It...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913368114
• ISBN13: 9781913368111
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Haus Pub.
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.8" x 8.9"