Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1648-1812 / Robert W. Patch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patch, Robert, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A study of the development of human society in Yucatan during the colonial period, this book poses a challenge to a variety of accepted views, including the notion that Yucatan was largely isolated from the main part of Spain's New World empire and thus from international markets and the world economy - an isolation often cited as the principal reason for the extended survival of indigenous culture in the region. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Yucatan society was composed of both Maya and Spanish commonwealths, each with its own economic, social, and political organization. This book represents several new departures, both for what is known about colonial Yucatan and for colonial Latin American history in general. It forces the reader to rethink much of the received knowledge about acculturation, the hacienda, and inter-regional relations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Tables and Illustrations

Introduction

PART ONE Yucatan to I 648

CHAPTER ONE Geography and Civilization

CHAPTER TWO The First Century of the Colonial Regime

PART TWO The Colonial Regime, 1648-1730

CHAPTER THREE Maya Society

CHAPTER FOUR The Peasant Economy

CHAPTER FIVE Hispanic Economy and Society

PART THREE The Regime in Decline, I730-I8I2

CHAPTER SIX Economic and Social Change

CHAPTER SEVEN The Structure of Production

CHAPTER EIGHT Commerce, Markets, and the Crisis of Production

CHAPTER NINE Rural Society

Conclusion

APPENDIX A Estimated Population of Indian Settlements, 1700 and 1716

APPENDIX B Non-Indians in the Villages of Yucatan, 1777-91

Notes

A Note on the Primary Sources

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

0-8047-6564-2

OCLC:

1294425980