Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne

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Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne is Alexander von Humboldt’s influential statistical and geographical study of colonial Mexico, analyzing its economy, society, and natural resources in the early 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
geographical work
non-fiction book
statistical study
work of economic geography
analyzes agricultural production
external trade of New Spain
indigenous populations
internal trade routes
population distribution in New Spain
racial and social hierarchy
silver mining sector
taxation and revenues
author Alexander von Humboldt
countryOfPublication France
focusesOn Spanish colonial empire in the Americas
territory of present-day Mexico
Viceroyalty of New Spain
surface form: viceroyalty of New Spain
genre economic analysis
political essay
statistical geography
hasPart demographic data
descriptions of natural history
economic data
maps
statistical tables
historicalContext Spanish colonial rule in the Americas
influenced Latin American independence-era debates
economic thought on Mexico
geographical studies of Mexico
notableFor comprehensive overview of New Spain
influence on European understanding of Mexico
systematic use of quantitative data
originalLanguage French
publicationCentury 19th century
subject Viceroyalty of New Spain
surface form: New Spain

agriculture
Viceroyalty of New Spain
surface form: colonial Mexico

colonial administration
demography
economic conditions
mining
natural resources
society of New Spain
trade
timePeriodDescribed early 19th century
late 18th century

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