Indians and the Political Economy of Colonial Central America, 1670-1810

by Robert W. Patch

Book Overview

The history of relations between the Spanish and the Indians of colonial Central America, often oversimplified as a story of unending Spanish abuse, forms a complicated tapestry of economics and politics. Robert W. Patch's even-handed study of the repartimientode mercanc as--the commercial dealings between regional magistrates and the people under their jurisdiction--reveals the inner workings of colonialism in Central America...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806144009
• ISBN13: 9780806144009
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"