Indians and the political economy of colonial Central America, 1670-1810
"This book explores the colonial economy of Central America, more specifically the practices that a certain class of colonial Spanish officials, the so-called alcaldes mayores, used to manage their districts. Almost invariably, the author notes, these alcaldes made use of a wide variety of ques...
| Main Author: | Patch, Robert. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Norman :
University of Oklahoma Press,
[2013]
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| Physical Description: |
xi, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- People and taxes in the eighteenth century
- Government officials and the colonial state
- Indians and the colonial state: indigenous economies, government officials, and the business of government
- The business of politics and the politics of business in the Highlands: the repartimiento in Huehuetenango, 1765-1786, or, A tale of two Juans
- Government and business in the Lowlands: Nicaragua, 1730-1790
- Imperial reform and political conflict in the eighteenth century
- Tributaries and indigenous population, 1746
- Tributaries and estimated population, 1768
- Tributaries and Laborios, c. 1773
- Tributaries and estimated population, 1797
- Tributaries and estimated population, 1803.