| Description |
xiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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| Series |
Cambridge Latin American studies ; 22 |
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Cambridge Latin American studies ; 22.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259) and index. |
| Contents |
[pt. 1:] Conquest. Conquest in the personal view -- A standard conqueror's report -- The woman as conqueror -- The merchant and the conquest of Peru -- The merchant and the conquest of Mexico -- The non-hero -- The successful conqueror -- The unsuccessful conqueror -- The conqueror-governor -- The conqueror in jail -- [pt. 2:] The variety of life in the Indies. An encomendero's establishment -- An encomendero's opinions -- The miner -- Commerce across the Atlantic -- The professor of theology -- The new arrival -- The tanner and his wife -- The troubadour -- The nephew -- The garden and the gate -- The woman as settler -- The farmer -- The petty dealer -- The Flemish tailors -- The nobleman -- The Hispanized Indian -- Indian high society -- An Indian town addresses the king -- [pt. 3:] Officials and clerics. How a governor operates -- Alarm and drastic remedies : A viceroy's view of New Spain -- The concerns of a judge -- Bishop and the governor -- A bishop's affairs -- Franciscans and the Indians -- The Dominican attack -- The Franciscan reply -- The petty administrator -- The parish priest. |
| Summary |
This volume presents a selection of translated public and private letters, written by Spanish officials, merchants, and ordinary settlers, aiming to illuminate the panorama of sixteenth-century Spanish American settler society and its genres of correspondence. Letters written by Native Americans, a few of whom at this time were beginning to practice European-style letter-writing, are also included. It is hoped that readers will feel the colorful humanity of the letter-writers, and also see the wide array of social types and functions during this era in the United States' Southwest. |
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Spaniards -- Latin America -- Correspondence.
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Immigrants -- Latin America -- Correspondence.
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Immigrants -- Spain -- Correspondence.
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Latin America -- History -- To 1600.
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Latin America -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.
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Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Spaniards. (OCoLC)fst01128153
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Latin America. (OCoLC)fst01245945
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Spain. (OCoLC)fst01204303
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| Chronological Term |
To 1600
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Personal correspondence. (OCoLC)fst01919948
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| Added Author |
Lockhart, James.
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Otte, Enrique.
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| ISBN |
0521208831 |
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9780521208833 (hardcover) |
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0521099900 (pbk.) |
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9780521099905 (pbk.) |
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