Natives, Europeans, and Africans in Sixteenth-Century Santiago de Guatemala

Name: Natives, Europeans, and Africans in Sixteenth-Century Santiago de Guatemala
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ISBN: 9780292705333

ISBN-10: 0292705336

ISBN-13: 9780292705333

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robinson A. Herrera

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The first century of Spanish colonization in Latin America witnessed the birth of cities that, while secondary to great metropolitan centers such as Mexico City and Lima, became important hubs for regional commerce. Santiago de Guatemala, the colonial capital of Central America, was one of these. A multiethnic and multicultural city from its beginning, Santiago grew into a vigorous trading center for agrarian goods such as cacao and cattle hides. With the wealth this commerce generated, Spaniards, natives, and African slaves built a city that any European of the period would have found familiar. This book provides a more complete picture of society, culture, and economy in…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 12/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 273
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Robinson A. Herrera is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University.



Acknowledgments



Colonial Foundations



The Rise of a Commercial Center



Interregional and International Merchants



The Fringes of the Commercial Networks



Harvesting and Transporting Wealth



Replicating the European Material World



The Wealth of Literacy



African Slaves and Free Workers



Indigenous Corporate Structures



Indigenous Laborers



The Ever-Present Past


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index


Maps



Santiago de Guatemala and other colonial cities



Barrios surrounding Santiago's center



Santiago's trading partners to the north and south



Milpas in Santiago's axis


Tables



European Artisans in Santiago, 1538-1587



Origins of African Slaves Bought and Sold in Santiago, 1544-1587



Cabildo Members, Milpa de San Antonio, 1580



Cabildo Members, Milpa de San Pedro, 1583



Cabildo Members, Town of Escuintla, 1569



Cabildo Members, Town of San Martin Jilotepeque, 1581



Cabildo Members, Town of San Juan Jicotenango, 1583



Cabildo Members, Town of Pinula, 1569



Cabildo Members, Town of Mixco, 1570