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Conquest and survival in colonial Guatemala : a historical geography of the Cuchumatán Highlands, 1500-1821

Title
  1. Conquest and survival in colonial Guatemala : a historical geography of the Cuchumatán Highlands, 1500-1821 / W. George Lovell.
Published by
  1. Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]
Author
  1. Lovell, W. George (William George), 1951-

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Description
  1. xviii, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Subject
  1. Guatemala
  2. Indians of Central America
  3. History
  4. To 1821
  5. Guatemala > History > To 1821
  6. Kolonialismus
  7. Indians of Central America > Guatemala > History
  8. Sierra de los Cuchumatanes
  9. Indigenes Volk
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. Introduction : geography and the past -- Part 1. The regional setting. Physical and human geography -- Part 2. Contact and conquest, 1500-1541. Land and life on the eve of Spanish conquest -- Conquest and subjugation by imperial Spain -- The native population at Spanish contact -- Part 3. The colonial experience, 1541-1821. In pursuit of order : Congregación and the administration of empire -- Economic demands and ethnic relations : Spanish control of the native population -- Working the land : landholding patterns and the agricultural economy -- Collapse and recovery : demographic change in the native population -- Conclusion : refuge in the mountains -- Epilogue.
Call number
  1. JFE 16-3905
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-293) and index.
Additional formats (note)
  1. Issued also in electronic format.
Author
  1. Lovell, W. George (William George), 1951- author.
Title
  1. Conquest and survival in colonial Guatemala : a historical geography of the Cuchumatán Highlands, 1500-1821 / W. George Lovell.
Publisher
  1. Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]
Edition
  1. Fourth edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-293) and index.
Additional formats
  1. Issued also in electronic format.
Chronological term
  1. To 1821
Other form:
  1. Lovell, W. George (William George), 1951-, author. Conquest and survival in colonial Guatemala. Fourth edition. (CaOONL)20159003210
ISBN
  1. 9780773545267 (cloth)
  2. 0773545263 (cloth)
  3. 9780773545274 (paper)
  4. 0773545271 (paper)
  5. 9780773583658 (ePDF)
  6. 9780773583672 (ePUB)
Research call number
  1. JFE 16-3905
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