Life and Death in Early Colonial Ecuador

Name: Life and Death in Early Colonial Ecuador
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ISBN: 9780806126975

ISBN-10: 0806126973

ISBN-13: 9780806126975

Edition: 1995

Authors: Linda A. Newson

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Life and Death in Early Colonial Ecuador is the first book to describe demographic change throughout Ecuador during the early colonial period. It is also the first to examine in detail the impact of Inca conquest and demographic changes on the area in the early sixteenth century, a period for which there is a paucity of reliable records. Linda A. Newson identifies variations in demographic trends by examining the differing impacts of disease, pre-existing cultures, Inca rule, and Spanish administration and economic activities on the three regions of Ecuador - the highlands, coast, and eastern lowlands. The size and distribution of native populations today reflect five hundred years of…

Book details

Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 5/15/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 520
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.50" long x 1.37" tall
Weight: 2.068
Language: English



List of Maps


List of Tables


Preface



Introduction



Explaining Patterns of Demographic Change



Pre-Columbian Ecuador



Lands and Peoples of the Sierra



Lands and Peoples of the Coast



Lands and Peoples of the Oriente



Inka Rule



Inka Conquest



Old World Epidemics



Spanish Rule: The Sierra



Otavalo



Quito



Latacunga and Riobamba



Cuenca



Loja



Spanish Rule: The Coast



Guayaquil and Puerto Viejo



Esmeraldas



Spanish Rule: The Oriente



Los Quijos



Macas and Canelos



Yaguarzongo and Pacamoros



Mainas



Napo and Aguarico



Conclusion



Patterns of Indian Depopulation in Early Colonial Ecuador


Appendix 1. General Estimates for the Tributary Population in the Sixteenth Century


Appendix 2. Mitmaq Colonies in Ecuador


Appendix 3. Origins of Parents of Infants Baptized in El Sagrario, Quito


Glossaries of Quechua, Spanish, and Other Non-English Terms


Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography


Notes


Bibliography


Index