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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Fuente, Alejandro de la, 1963-
Autres auteurs: Iglesias Delgado, Bernardo, García del Pino, Cesar
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
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.