Historias 10 – Eva Mehl on the Spanish Pacific World
What can convicts and sailors in the far off Philippines teach us about Spanish imperial history?
Dr. Eva Mehl discusses her book Forced Migration in the Spanish Pacific World: From Mexico to the Philippines, 1765-1811 that examines the importance of convicts and sailors in the development of a Spanish Pacific World. Dr. Mehl also talks about some of the methodological challenges and the importance of social history for better understanding the Spanish Philippines.
Additional resources:
Eva Mehl, “Mexican Recruits and Vagrants in Late Eighteenth-Century Philippines: Empire, Social Order, and Bourbon Reforms in the Spanish Pacific World,” Hispanic American Historical Review 94, no. 4 (2014), 547-579.
16th century rendering of Manila
(first known illustration of the town)
Museo Julio Bello y González, Puebla, México
