Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala : A Historical Geography of the Cuchumat n Highlands, 1500-1821

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 Cuchumatán Population at Spanish Contact PART THREE: THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE (1541–1821) 6 In Pursuit of Order: Congregación 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 A C D E F G H J L M P R S T V X Notes Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 1 side ad gangen