Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala: A Historical Geography of the Cuchumatán Highlands, 1500-1821, Fourth Edition

Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala examines the impact of Spanish conquest and colonial rule on the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, a frontier region of Guatemala adjoining the country's northwestern border with Mexico. While Spaniards penetrated and left an enduring mark on the region, the vibrant Maya culture they encountered was not obliterated and, though subjected to considerable duress from the sixteenth century on, endures to this day. This fourth edition of George Lovell's classic work incorporates new data and recent research findings and emphasizes native resistance and strategic adaptation to Spanish intrusion. Drawing on four decades of archival foraging, Lovell focuses attention on issues of land, labour, settlement, and population to unveil colonial experiences that continue to affect how Guatemala operates as a troubled modern nation. Acclaimed by scholars across the humanities and social sciences, Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala remains a seminal account of the impact of Spanish colonialism in the Americas and a landmark contribution to Mesoamerican studies. Frontmatter Tables (page ix) Figures (page xi) Preface (page xiii) Plates 1 Geography and the Past (page 3) PART ONE: THE REGIONAL SETTING 2 Physical and Human Geography (page 11) PART TWO: CONTACT AND CONQUEST (1500-1541) 3 The Cultural Landscape on the Eve of Spanish Conquest (page 37) 4 Conquest and Subjugation by Imperial Spain (page 58) 5 The Cuchumatán Population at Spanish Contact (page 67) PART THREE: THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE (1541-1821) 6 In Pursuit of Order: Congregación and the Administration of Empire (page 75) 7 Economic Demands and Ethnic Relations: Spanish Control of the Indian Population (page 95) 8 Working the Land: Landholding Patterns and the Agricultural Economy (page 118) 9 Collapse and Recovery: Demographic Change in the Native Population (page 140) 10 Refuge in the Mountains (page 173) 11 Quincentennial Reflections (page 177) Epilogue (page 199) Glossary (page 221) Notes (page 225) Bibliography (page 271) Index (page 295) "George Lovell's classic work examines the impact of Spanish rule on the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, an isolated region of Guatemala adjoining the country's northwestern border with Mexico. While Spanish imperialism left its mark. Lovell reveals that the vibrant Maya culture found in the Cuchumatan highlands was not obliterated and, although under considerable duress, survives to this day." "This revised third edition includes a new preface, a chapter on native resistance to Spanish domination, an updated bibliography, and a new epilogue in which key events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are also considered. In discussions that focus on land, settlement, economy, access to resources, and population change, Lovell exposes the colonial roots at the heart of Guatemala's ongoing political crises. Based primarily on unpublished archival sources, Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala is a landmark work on Mesoamerica."--Jacket George Lovell's classic work examines the impact of Spanish rule on the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, an isolated region of Guatemala adjoining the country's northwestern border with Mexico. While Spanish imperialism left its mark, Lovell reveals that the vibrant Maya culture found in the Cuchumatan highlands was not obliterated and, although under considerable duress, survives to this day.

This revised third edition includes a new preface, a chapter on native resistance to Spanish domination, an updated bibliography, and a new epilogue in which key events of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are also considered. In discussions that focus on land, settlement, economy, access to resources, and population change, Lovell exposes the colonial roots at the heart of Guatemala's ongoing political crises. Based primarily on unpublished archival sources, Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala is a landmark work on Mesoamerica.

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