Enlightenment ideas and police actions in San Juan de Puerto Rico under the government of Miguel Antonio de Ustáriz (1789-1792)
The ideas of the Enlightenment arrived in Puerto Rico a little later than in other Hispanic American territories, and had their heyday under the government of Miguel de la Torre (1823-1837). However, they were already known and put into practice on the island during the second half of the eighteenth...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/181732 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/181732 https://doi.org/10.3989/chdj.2025.433 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Urban History police San Juan de Puerto Rico Miguel Antonio de Ustáriz Historia urbana policía |
| Sumario: | The ideas of the Enlightenment arrived in Puerto Rico a little later than in other Hispanic American territories, and had their heyday under the government of Miguel de la Torre (1823-1837). However, they were already known and put into practice on the island during the second half of the eighteenth century through, for instance, some of the police measures implemented by several governors and captain-generals of that period. In order to identify this type of actions, which aimed at achieving greater control over the population and improving the island’s infrastructure, territorial planning and urban configuration, this article analyses Governor Miguel Antonio de Ustáriz’s management of the city of San Juan de Puerto Rico between 1789 and 1792. |
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