Books
Mapping Latin America: A Cartographic Reader (with Karl Offen) (2011)
360 pages | 118 color plates, 12 halftones, 1 line drawing | 8-1/2 x 11...
Napoléon et les Amériques: Histoire atlantique et empire napoléonien (with John Savage and Christophe Belaubre) (2009)
303 pages; 6 page color insert; index
Politics, Economy and Society in Bourbon Central America (with Christophe Belaubre) (2007)
Cloth. 320 pages. Illustrations: 4 b/w photos, 1 drawing, 7 maps, 2 tables
Politics, Economy,...
From Sovereign Villages to National States: City, State and Federation in Central America, 1759-1839 (2006)
The role of the city--as an institution, as a political ideal, as a training ground...
History of Cartography
Cartographic Conversation (2012)
In 2012, the John Carter Brown Library celebrated the 50th anniversary of its fellowship program....
Taking a Walk on the Wild Side: Experiencing the Spaces of Colonial Latin America, Colonial Latin American Review (2012)
The introductory essay to a special issue, which I edited, on spatial practices in colonial...
De Reino de Guatemala a República de Centro América: Un Periplo Cartográfico, Boletín de AFEHC (2011)
Mapeando Patrias Chicas y Patrias Grandes: Cartografía e Historia Iberoamericana, Siglos XVIII-XX, Araucaria (2010)
This monographic section of five essays demonstrates how using the methods and analysis of history...
The Familiar and the Strange: Western Travelers' Maps of Europe and Asia, Ca. 1600-1800, Philosophy & Geography (2004)
Early Modern European travelers sought to gather and disseminate knowledge through narratives written for avid...
History of Central America
Twelve for the Price of One: The Constitution of Cádiz & Guatemala (2012)
On March 19, 1812, the Spanish Cortes promulgated the Political Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy,...
Enseñanza en los jeroglíficos y emblemas": Igualdad y lealtad en Guatemala por Fernando VII (1810), Secuencia (2009)
An analysis of the pamphlet Guatemala Por Fernando VII about Guatemala City's response to Napoleon...
“El goze de los derechos de ciudadanía”: Elections and Citizenship in Central America, ca. 1770-1850”, THE ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE AMERICAS, 1770s-1880s (2008)
Citizen of Which Republic? Foreigners and the Construction of National Citizenship in Central America, 1823-1845, The Americas (2008)
The law of the South American states with reference to nationality of origin remains to...