1st Edition
New World Empires Cultures of Power and Governance in the Americas
Introduction
1. Indigenous Orders: Maya Virtue, Aztec Honor, and Inca Royal Authority in the Americas Prior to the European Advent
2. Occidental Despotism: The Spanish Empire in the Americas
3. The Portuguese Variant of Occidental Despotism
4. The Colonial Origins of the American State of Laws and Constitutional Plutocracy, 1600–1776
5. The Mexican National Empire
6. “This Will Be a Great Kingdom”: Brazil’s Path to Legal Democracy and Arbitrary Rule
7. The Constitutional Plutocratic Empire: The Culture of Power and Governance of the United States of America
Conclusion
Biography
Ilhan Niaz is Professor of History at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. His previous books include Downfall: Lessons for Our Final Century (2022), The State during the British Raj: Imperial Governance in South Asia, 1700–1947 (2019), and Old World Empires: Cultures of Power and Governance in Eurasia (2014).
