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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      15 April 2019
      02 May 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108756761
      9781108477116
      9781108701938
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108756761
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.66kg, 360 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.75kg, 362 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, Latin American Studies, History, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Latin American History
      Series:
      Cambridge Latin American Studies (113)
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, Latin American Studies, History, Latin American Government, Politics and Policy, Latin American History
    Series:
    Cambridge Latin American Studies (113)
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    Corruption is one of the most prominent issues in Latin American news cycles, with charges deciding the recent elections in Mexico, Brazil, and Guatemala. Despite the urgency of the matter, few recent historical studies on the topic exist, especially on Mexico. For this reason, Christoph Rosenmüller explores the enigma of historical corruption. By drawing upon thorough archival research and a multi-lingual collection of printed primary sources and secondary literature, Rosenmüller demonstrates how corruption in the past differed markedly from today. Corruption in Mexico's colonial period connoted the obstruction of justice; judges, for example, tortured prisoners to extract cash or accepted bribes to alter judicial verdicts. In addition, the concept evolved over time to include several forms of self-advantage in the bureaucracy. Rosenmüller embeds this important shift from judicial to administrative corruption within the changing Atlantic World, while also providing insightful perspectives from the lower social echelons of colonial Mexico.

    Awards

    Winner, 2020 Alfred B. Thomas Book Award, The Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies

    Honorable Mention, 2020 Bandelier/Lavrin Book Prize, Rocky Mountain Council for Latin American Studies

    Reviews

    ‘Infusing a field with deep new insight represents a major accomplishment. Christoph Rosenmüller injects three fields with significant new research outcomes … Rosenmüller’s book is a significant contribution to world history and, for years to come, a key text covering Spain and Colonial Spanish America.’

    Friedrich Schuler Source: Pacific Historical Review

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    • 1 - Empire of Justice
      pp 11-52
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