Conquest and survival in colonial Guatemala : a historical geography of the Cuchumatán Highlands, 1500-1821 /
Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala examines the impact of Spanish conquest and colonial rule on the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, a frontier region of Guatemala adjoining the country's northwestern border with Mexico. While Spaniards penetrated and left an enduring mark on the region, th...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Kingston :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2015.
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Edición: | Fourth edition. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : geography and the past
- The regional setting. Physical and human geography
- Contact and conquest, 1500-1541. Land and life on the eve of Spanish conquest
- Conquest and subjugation by imperial Spain
- The native population at Spanish contact
- The colonial experience, 1541-1821. In pursuit of order : Congregación and the administration of empire
- Economic demands and ethnic relations : Spanish control of the native population
- Working the land : landholding patterns and the agricultural economy
- Collapse and recovery : demographic change in the native population
- Conclusion : refuge in the mountains.