乔治·弗雷德里克·奥古斯都二世的崛起与衰落:一位米斯基托国王的中美洲、加勒比和大西洋生涯,1805–1824

The Rise and Fall of George Frederic Augustus II: The Central American, Caribbean, and Atlantic Life of a Miskitu King, 1805–1824

Business History Review · 2022
被引 4
ABS 4

中文导读

追踪米斯基托国王乔治·弗雷德里克在1816至1824年间的生活,描述他如何通过雇佣英国代理人试图实现中美洲商业和政治独立计划(一种乌托邦),虽失败但影响波及加勒比和伦敦,揭示原住民如何主动参与19世纪初大西洋世界的变革。

Abstract

Retracing closely the events of the life of George Frederic, king of the Miskitu (in present-day Honduras and Nicaragua) between 1816 and 1824, this article describes how this Miskitu actor sought to set up, by hiring British agents, the concrete realization of a Central American commercial and political independence project—understood here as a utopia. Although his project ended in failure, the actions of this little-known Miskitu king had repercussions in the Caribbean and beyond, even in the heart of the City of London. Concentrating on a marginal actor seldom considered by historians reveals how particular American Indigenous peoples sought to actively position themselves in the important commercial and political transformations affecting the Atlantic World in the first decades of the nineteenth century.

经济史政治学历史原住民研究大西洋世界