Anchoring an empire : gender and ethnicity in colonial Panama / Bethany Aram.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aram, Bethany, author.

Series:

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 141.

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 141

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnicity--Panama--Panama, Isthmus of--History.

Ethnicity.

Sex role--Panama--Panama, Isthmus of--History.

Sex role.

Panama, Isthmus of (Panama)--History.

Panama, Isthmus of (Panama).

Spain--Colonies--America--Social conditions.

Spain.

Spain--Colonies--America--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Anchoring an Empire is a bottom-up exploration of how gender and ethnicity shaped the lived experience of Spanish subjects across the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century isthmus of Panama. Focusing on understudied historical actors, Bethany Aram sheds light on how indigenous Americans, Afro-descendants, and Europeans contributed to critical debates on race and gender. From the Caribbean port cities of Nombre de Díos and Portobello, to Panama Viejo on the Pacific coast, free, enslaved, and in-between women and men managed to become arbiters of Spanish and competing interests. Those who lived and died in these cities sustained them as hubs of interaction, communication, and commerce. Whether victims, beneficiaries - or both - of the slave trade, these individuals found ways to meet and to exploit the region's episodic demand for housing, provisions, and other services. Their expertise grounded global transport and trade, with a lasting impact on processes of mobility and globalization.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2025).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-009-59539-3

1-009-59538-5

1-009-59540-7

OCLC:

1529915975