Islanders and empire : smuggling and political defiance in Hispaniola, 1580-1690 /
Islanders and Empire examines the role smuggling played in the cultural, economic, and socio-political transformation of Hispaniola from the late sixteenth to seventeenth centuries. With a rare focus on local peoples and communities, the book analyzes how residents of Hispaniola actively negotiated...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Cambridge Latin American studies ;
121. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Colonial Origins: Hispaniola in the Sixteenth Century
- Smuggling, Sin, and Survival, 1580-1600
- Repressing Smugglers: The Depopulations of Hispaniola, 1604-06
- Tools of Colonial Power: Officeholders, Violence, and Enslaved African Exploitation in Santo Domingo's Cabildo
- "Prime Mover of All Machinations". Rodrigo Pimentel, Smuggling, and the Artifice of Power
- Neighbors, Rivals, and Partners: Non-Spaniards and the Rise of Saint-Domingue
- Conclusion.
