Colonia, entre appropriation et rejet : la naissance d’un concept (de la fin des années 1750 aux révolutions hispaniques)
In the second half of the 18th century the term «colony» was enriched by a multiplicity of meanings which by the time of the Hispanic revolutions had turned it into a political weapon. Originally confined to a demographic context, the word acquired an economic dimension among the elites involved in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Casa de Velázquez
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/mcv/4966 |
| Summary: | In the second half of the 18th century the term «colony» was enriched by a multiplicity of meanings which by the time of the Hispanic revolutions had turned it into a political weapon. Originally confined to a demographic context, the word acquired an economic dimension among the elites involved in economic reform. Nonetheless, for a long time it was only used in its full range of meaning by the servants of the Monarchy, for whom it served internally as an analytical tool to connote the American territories. The debates aroused by the dissemination of the works of Raynal or Robertson criticising Spanish colonisation helped bring the word into common use following the American War of Independence. However, it was the Hispanic revolutions which, in creating a new political context, transformed the term into a political concept. In this phase of intense politicisation, the word began to be used to enlist the loyalty of Americans. |
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| ISSN: | 0076-230X 2173-1306 |