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Havana and the Atlantic in the Sixteenth Century /

De la Fuente provides the first examination of the transformation of Havana into a vibrant Atlantic port city and the fastest-growing urban center in the Americas in the late sixteenth century. He shows how local ambitions took advantage of the imperial design and situates Havana within the slavery...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Fuente, Alejandro de la, 1963-
Otros Autores: Iglesias Delgado, Bernardo, García del Pino, Cesar
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:De la Fuente provides the first examination of the transformation of Havana into a vibrant Atlantic port city and the fastest-growing urban center in the Americas in the late sixteenth century. He shows how local ambitions took advantage of the imperial design and situates Havana within the slavery and economic systems of the colonial Atlantic.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9781469603544