Vertical Empire : The General Resettlement of Indians in the Colonial Andes /

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In 1569 the Spanish viceroy Francisco de Toledo ordered more than one million native people of the central Andes to move to newly founded Spanish-style towns called reducciones. This campaign, known as the General Resettlement of Indians, represented a turning point in the history of European coloni...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Mumford, Jeremy Ravi
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Spanish colonies.
Colonies > Administration.
Indians of South America > Government relations.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
Indiens d'Amerique > Andes > Relations avec l'État.
Indians of South America > Andes Region > Government relations.
Andes Region.
America.
Espagne > Colonies > Amerique > Administration.
Andes Region > History > 16th century.
Spain > Colonies > America > Administration.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In 1569 the Spanish viceroy Francisco de Toledo ordered more than one million native people of the central Andes to move to newly founded Spanish-style towns called reducciones. This campaign, known as the General Resettlement of Indians, represented a turning point in the history of European colonialism: a state forcing an entire conquered society to change its way of life overnight. But while this radical restructuring destroyed certain aspects of indigenous society, Jeremy Ravi Mumford's Vertical Empire reveals the ways that it preserved others. The campaign drew on colon.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (306 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780822395591

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