#  HAA 198m 

 





 Semester:   Spring 

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 Year offered:  2018 

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 Link: [Course Website](https://courses.my.harvard.edu/psp/courses/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=HU_CLASS_SEARCH…) 

 

 

 

*Books and Things in Spanish America*  
Thomas Cummins  
Wednesday, 3-5pmMovable type and the discovery of the New World occur almost simultaneously. It is perhaps no surprise that one of the first international businesses was the printing press in Mexico. This course will therefore study the impact of the book, and the various relationships between the printed book and the manuscripts and their critical place in the creation of a colonial culture and the European knowledge of that culture. At the same time we shall study how the book/manuscript is both an object of desire and commerce and of fear and loathing. How are book and manuscript illustrations a critical element in the development of colonial visual culture?



 

 



 

 See also:- [ Spring 2018 ](/classterm/spring-2018)