La imagen de América en el proyectismo ilustrado de Francisco Díez. Un castellano al servicio de la Audiencia de Quito (1799-1803) [Estudios]

The study depicts America’s image according to the “Narrative of the current state of America” by the Spanish civil servant Francisco Díez Catalán, who settled in Quito around 1802. It provides an account of his evolution as a politician and civil servant in the administration of the Baron of Carond...

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Auteur principal: Yépez Suárez, Santiago Paúl (author)
Format: article
Langue:spa
Publié: 2020
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Accès en ligne:http://hdl.handle.net/10644/8093
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Résumé:The study depicts America’s image according to the “Narrative of the current state of America” by the Spanish civil servant Francisco Díez Catalán, who settled in Quito around 1802. It provides an account of his evolution as a politician and civil servant in the administration of the Baron of Carondelet with Díez Catalán’s purpose for writing this document. The “Narrative” appears in the context of other proyectista texts, aimed at discussing the social and moral critique, social mindsets and the desired public happiness that was being proposed for America on the basis of the above-mentioned enlightened figures.