From Peruvian Mercury to the Tobacconists

The interference of the illustrated José Rossi y Rubí in the public administration, Lima 1790-1802

Abstract

The main objective that this article follows is to understand Jose Rossi y Rubi´s thinking as an agent, originated as a response to a convulsed period in time by the bourbon reforms. Moreover, this article works as a shaper or modifier of public institutions through the speeches published in the daily newspaper El Mercurio Peruano at the beginning, and afterwards performed from his administrative positions.