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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2008.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- The port : shipping and trade
- The fleets and the service economy
- Urban growth
- Production
- Slavery and the making of a racial order
- The people of the land.