Deconstructing the Enlightenment in Spanish AmericaThis book is about Enlightenment culture in Spanish America before Independencein short, there where, according to Hegel, one would least expect to find it. It explores the Enlightenment in texts from five cultural fields: science, history, the periodical press, law, and literature. Texts include the journals of the geodesic expedition to Quito, philosophical histories of the Americas, a years work from the Mercurio Peruano, the writings of Mariano