2. Dangerous Distance: A Visita by Archbishop Cortés y Larraz

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures, Maps, and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Note on Spelling xv
6. Introduction: On seeing distances 1
7. Part One
8. 1. Documenting Distance: Form and Content 25
9. 2. Dangerous Distance: A Visita by Archbishop Cortés y Larraz 55
10. Part Two
11. 3. The Mail in Time: Moving Documents 79
12. 4. Taking It to the Periphery: Overland Mail Carriers 103
13. Part Three
14. 5. The Distant Archive 141
15. 6. The Inventories of Guatemalan Archivists 161
16. Epilogue 185
17. Notes 189
18. Bibliography 229
19. Index 245