Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-340) and index.
Introduction. Writing a history of Father Kings and colonial minors -- A short history of minority in colonial Lima -- Between the written and the real: child rearing and adult authority, 1650-1750 -- Whether son or stranger: institutions for child rearing -- Minor offenses: youth and crime in the eighteenth century -- The colonial child reborn: reform and enlightenment in the late colonial period -- The new politics of the child in the late colonial courts -- The new politics of the slave child in the late colonial courts -- Conclusion. Strange ties and interior fears