1st Edition

Ecological Imperialism in Early Modern Spanish Narratives Excavating the Environmental Conflicts of the Iberian Globalization

By Miguel Ibáñez Aristondo Copyright 2025
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

How are the environmental conflicts of our time intertwined with the legacies of Spanish imperialism and early modern globalization? In Ecological Imperialism in Early Modern Spanish Narratives: Excavating the Environmental Conflicts of the Iberian Globalization , Miguel Ibáñez Aristondo argues that to understand the historical ramifications of the ecological crisis, it is imperative to excavate... Read more
Acknowledgements, List of Illustrations, Introduction: Tracing the Environmental Legacies of Ecological Imperialism, Chapter One: War, Trade, and Imperialism in Iberian Narratives of China, Chapter Two: Silencing Indigenous Agency through Natural History, Chapter Three: Indigenous Responses in the Contact Zone, Chapter Four: Affluence and Racial Capitalism, Conclusion: Writing the Planetary Crisis from the Edges of the Poor, Bibliography and Sources, Index

Biography

Miguel Ibáñez Aristondo is an Assistant Professor at Villanova University. He holds the María Zambrano Fellowship in the Department of History at the Complutense University of Madrid. His research focuses on Latin American and Iberian history, literature, and culture.