Author: University of California, Berkeley. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Spain and Spanish America in the Libraries of the University of California: The general and departmental libraries
Author: University of California, Berkeley. Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth-century Central America
Author: William L. Sherman
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803241008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Little has been written on society in the Spanish Indies during the sixteenth century, although it was during those formative decades that the Latin American class structure evolved. The Spanish conquest of the Indians produced profound social dislocations as many Spaniards of a low station found themselves members of a new aristocracy and native lords were often reduced to servitude. This book presents the firstøcomprehensive investigation of the primary issue of the first century of Spanish American colonization: the massive system of Indian forced labor, ranging from outright slavery to the encomienda, upon which Spanish colonial society rested. Focusing on the fate of the natives under Spanish rule, the author traces in graphic detail the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people. While demonstrating the excesses of the conquistadores and unscrupulous crown officials, he also emphasizes that Central America was the scene of the first attempts to apply the famous New Laws. Although that legislation was not fully implemented, the reformist judge Alonso L¢pez de Cerrato made significant improvements in labor conditions, in the face of furious opposition from the Spanish settlers. Aside from its discussion of labor practices, this account deals with population figures and the extent of the slave trade, and corrects a number of errors in traditional sources. In addition, Spanish Indian policy, particularly at the local level, is examined in combination with character studies of individual officials, providing a much needed new look at the way in which Indians were affected by the conquest. Based primarily on documents in Spanish and Central American archives, the book includes chapters on the treatment of Indian women and the decline of the native nobility which made valuable contributions to the ethnology as well as the history of Central America.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803241008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
Little has been written on society in the Spanish Indies during the sixteenth century, although it was during those formative decades that the Latin American class structure evolved. The Spanish conquest of the Indians produced profound social dislocations as many Spaniards of a low station found themselves members of a new aristocracy and native lords were often reduced to servitude. This book presents the firstøcomprehensive investigation of the primary issue of the first century of Spanish American colonization: the massive system of Indian forced labor, ranging from outright slavery to the encomienda, upon which Spanish colonial society rested. Focusing on the fate of the natives under Spanish rule, the author traces in graphic detail the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people. While demonstrating the excesses of the conquistadores and unscrupulous crown officials, he also emphasizes that Central America was the scene of the first attempts to apply the famous New Laws. Although that legislation was not fully implemented, the reformist judge Alonso L¢pez de Cerrato made significant improvements in labor conditions, in the face of furious opposition from the Spanish settlers. Aside from its discussion of labor practices, this account deals with population figures and the extent of the slave trade, and corrects a number of errors in traditional sources. In addition, Spanish Indian policy, particularly at the local level, is examined in combination with character studies of individual officials, providing a much needed new look at the way in which Indians were affected by the conquest. Based primarily on documents in Spanish and Central American archives, the book includes chapters on the treatment of Indian women and the decline of the native nobility which made valuable contributions to the ethnology as well as the history of Central America.
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
Author: Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108017053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
An eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico (1519-1522); in this volume foot soldier Díaz joins Cortés' army.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108017053
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
An eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico (1519-1522); in this volume foot soldier Díaz joins Cortés' army.
The Americana
Author: Frederick Converse Beach
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1164
Book Description
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain. By Bernal Diaz del Castillo, One of its Conquerors
Author: Alfred Percival Maudslay
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317012968
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Books I-IV (1517-19), translated into English and edited, with introduction and notes, by Alfred Percival Maudslay, M.A., Hon. Professor of Archaeology, National Museum, Mexico, concerning the discovery of Mexico and the expeditions of Francisco Hernández de Cordova and Hernan Cortés, the march inland, and the war in Tlaxcala. The edition includes a bibliography of Mexico, pp. 311-68. Continued in Second Series 24, 25, 30, and 40. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1908.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317012968
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Books I-IV (1517-19), translated into English and edited, with introduction and notes, by Alfred Percival Maudslay, M.A., Hon. Professor of Archaeology, National Museum, Mexico, concerning the discovery of Mexico and the expeditions of Francisco Hernández de Cordova and Hernan Cortés, the march inland, and the war in Tlaxcala. The edition includes a bibliography of Mexico, pp. 311-68. Continued in Second Series 24, 25, 30, and 40. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1908.
The Americana
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 978
Book Description
Catalogue: Authors
Author: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Library
Publisher:
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society
Author: American Antiquarian Society
Publisher:
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Carácter de la conquista española en América y en México
Author: Genaro García
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : es
Pages : 30
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : es
Pages : 30
Book Description
History and Historians of Hispanic America
Author: A.C. Wilgus
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113626292X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
First published in 1966. This volume holds a selection of published materials on Hispanic American life, covering general works, works on individual countries and regions, religious accounts and voyages and travels, that range from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113626292X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
First published in 1966. This volume holds a selection of published materials on Hispanic American life, covering general works, works on individual countries and regions, religious accounts and voyages and travels, that range from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.