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Author Lovell, W. George (William George), 1951- author.

Title Conquest and survival in colonial Guatemala : a historical geography of the Cuchumatán Highlands, 1500-1821 / W. George Lovell
Edition 3rd ed
Published Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 302 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- Plates -- 1 Geography and the Past -- PART ONE: THE REGIONAL SETTING -- 2 Physical and Human Geography -- PART TWO: CONTACT AND CONQUEST (1500-1541) -- 3 The Cultural Landscape on the Eve of Spanish Conquest -- 4 Conquest and Subjugation by Imperial Spain -- 5 The Cuchuma¡n Population at Spanish Contact -- PART THREE: THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE (1541-1821) -- 6 In Pursuit of Order: Congregacion and the Administration of Empire -- 7 Economic Demands and Ethnic Relations: Spanish Control of the Indian Population -- 8 Working the Land: Landholding Patterns and the Agricultural Economy -- 9 Collapse and Recovery: Demographic Change in the Native Population -- 10 Refuge in the Mountains -- 11 Quincentennial Reflections -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- History
HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
Indians of Central America
SUBJECT Guatemala -- History -- To 1821. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057641
Subject Guatemala
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773572065
0773572066