Conquest and Survival in Colonial Guatemala : a Historical Geography of the Cuchumatan Highlands, 1500-1821

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Preface

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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

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