Government and Society in Central America, 1680-1840 / Miles L. Wortman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wortman, Miles L., 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central America--Politics and government.

Central America.

Central America--History--To 1821.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1982]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents an inquiry into the relation between society and government in Central America and how the changes in rule and ruling philosophy were introduced, accepted, and resisted. The study specifically examines the tradition of Amerindia as it was transformed by Hapsburg institutions and evolved into a tradition of Central America which came under attack in the enlightened age and fell to the attack of a nineteenth0century nativist movement.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Part One: El Reino de Guatemala

1. The Conquest and the Settlement

2. The Kingdom Under the Hapsburgs

3. Cross and Crown

4. Colonial Society

5. Crisis and Continuity, 1680-1730

Part Two: The New Order

6. The Transformation of the Colony

7. The Bourbon Reforms in Central America

8. At the Mercy of the World Market

9. The Indian Under the Later Bourbons

10. The Economy Collapses

11. José de Bustamante and the Crisis in Colonial Government

Part Three: The Center Gives Out

12. The Widening Gyre

13. The Republican Flxperiment: In Search of Order

14. States Into Nations

15. Caudillos, Castes, and Conclusions

Appendix A: Annual Income from the Church Tithe

Appendix B: Annual Remissions to the Royal Coffers, by Administration, 1781-1819

Appendix C: Sales of and Profits from Tobacco, Diverse Years, 1766-1828

Appendix D: Population Statistics

Abbreviations

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780231883153

0231883153

OCLC:

1100439452