Of Two-Tailed Lizards: Spells, Folk-Knowledge, and Navigating Manila, 1620–1650.
Although seventeenth-century Manila has been anointed the birthplace of global trade and its diversity is well-established, how individuals navigated that milieu is only recently coming to light. To elucidate how various persons experienced Manila, this article assembles and analyzes nearly one hund...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Social History Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 294 - 326 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Winter2022
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