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- Spanish Central America: A Socioeconomic History, 1520–1720
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- 2007
- Published by: University of Texas Press
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Now with an updated historiographical and bibliographical introduction—a sweeping history of the middle centuries of Spain’s colonial enterprise in Central America.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-vi
- List of Figures
- pp. ix-x
- Part One. The Society of Conquest and Encomienda, 1520–1576
- 3. Ephemeral Hopes
- pp. 64-67
- 5. The Cacao Boom
- pp. 80-95
- Part Two. Years of Trial and Much Error: The Economics of Search and Diversification, c. 1576–1635
- 8. Attempts to Revive Declining Industries
- pp. 145-151
- 9. The Search for New Industries and Trades
- pp. 152-175
- Part Three. The Seventeenth-Century Depression and the First Signs of Recovery, c. 1635–1720
- 15. The Currency Crisis
- pp. 280-287
- 18. Costa Rican Cacao
- pp. 330-340
- Conclusion
- pp. 374-389
- Abbreviations
- pp. 393-394
- Bibliography
- pp. 472-512
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292749399
Related ISBN(s)
9780292717893
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OCLC
966768658
Pages
616
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
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No
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