Incomplete conquests : the limits of Spanish empire in the seventeenth-century Philippines / Stephanie Joy Mawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mawson, Stephanie Joy, 1984- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Philippines.

Indigenous peoples.

Philippines--History--1521-1812.

Philippines.

Philippines--Colonization--History--17th century.

Spain--Colonies--Asia--History--17th century.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Southeast Asia Program Publications, an imprint of Cornell University Press, [2023]

Summary:

In Incomplete Conquests, Stephanie Joy Mawson uncovers the limitations of Spanish empire in the Philippines, unearthing histories of resistance, flight, evasion, conflict, and warfare from across the breadth of the Philippine archipelago during the seventeenth century. The Spanish colonisation of the Philippines that began in 1565 has long been seen as heralding a new era of globalisation, drawing together a multiethnic world of merchants, soldiers, sailors, and missionaries. Colonists sent reports back to Madrid boasting of the extraordinary number of souls converted to Christianity and the number of people paying tribute to the Spanish Crown. Such claims constructed an imagined imperial sovereignty and were not accompanied by effective consolidation of colonial control in many of the regions where conversion and tribute collection were imposed. Incomplete Conquests foregrounds the stories of indigenous, Chinese, and Moro communities and their responses to colonial agents, weaving together stories that take into account the rich cultural and environmental diversity of this island world.

Contents:

A Moment of Crisis: 1660-1663

Slavery, Debt, and Colonial Labor Regimes

Contested Conversions

Slave Raiding and Imperial Retreat

Mountain Refuges

Cagayan Insurgencies, 1572-1745

Manila: The Chinese City.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Mawson, Stephanie Joy Incomplete Conquests

ISBN:

1-5017-7029-2