Conquest and survival in colonial Guatemala : a historical geography of the Cuchumatan Highlands, 1500-1821 / W. George Lovell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lovell, W. George (William George), 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of Central America--Guatemala--History.

Indians of Central America.

Guatemala--History--To 1821.

Guatemala.

Physical Description:

xvii, 302 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala".

Contents:

1. Geography and the Past

PART ONE: THE REGIONAL SETTING

2. Physical and Human Geography

PART TWO: CONTACT AND CONQUEST (1500-1541)

3. The Cultural Landscape on the Eve of Spanish Conquest

4. Conquest and Subjugation by Imperial Spain

5. The Cuchumatán Population at Spanish Contact

PART THREE: THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE (1541-1821)

6. In Pursuit of Order: Congregación and the Administration of Empire

7. Economic Demands and Ethnic Relations: Spanish Control of the Indian Population

8. Working the Land: Landholding Patterns and the Agricultural Economy

9. Collapse and Recovery: Demographic Change in the Native Population

10. Refuge in the Mountains

11. Quincentennial Reflections

Epilogue

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]- 294) and index.

ISBN:

9780773572065

0773572066

OCLC:

923232946

Publisher Number:

2027/heb03721 hdl