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The people of Quito, 1690-1810 : change and unrest in the underclass
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Title
The people of Quito, 1690-1810 : change and unrest in the underclass / Martin Minchom.
ISBN
0429313462
1000232409
1000268349
1000304280
9780429313462
9781000232400
9781000268348
9781000304282
Publication
New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©1994
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 297 pages) : illustrations
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Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 19, 2019).
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Biographical / Historical Note
Martin Minchom
Summary
This book describes the established pattern of regional studies of colonial Spanish America with a study of the social history of colonial Quito rooted in the experience of its lower strata. It shows what the James Orton described as a colonial history "as lifeless as the history of Sahara."
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Minchom, Martin. People of Quito, 1690-1810. Boulder : Westview Press, ©1994
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Dellplain Latin American studies ; no. 32
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-294) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction
pt. I. Structures and Continuities. 2. The Organization of Urban Space. The Urban Environment. The Commons, the Corregimiento and Rural Hinterland. 3. The Social Formation of Colonial Quito, 1534-1720. The Socio-racial Matrix, 1534-1600. Quito and the Textile Economy, 1600-1800. Economic Readjustment, 1690-1720. 4. Artisan and Confraternity: The Socio-economic Role of the Church. The Socio-economic Role of the Church. Annual Communion and Religious Compliance. Religious and Artisanal Forms of Association: The Smiths, Barbers, and Weavers
Conclusion: The Church and Social Hierarchy
pt. II. The Popular Dimension of Eighteenth-Century Fiscal Reform and Economic Change. 5. The Informal Economy: The Urban Marketplace and the Petty Traders. The Dual Economy: Preliminary Considerations. The Pulperias, the Petty Traders and the Urban Market (Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries). Urban Commercial Activity and Economic Change in the Eighteenth Century.
6. Demographic Change and Social Structure. The Sources. Parish Demographics to 1780. Demographic Change After 1780. Urban Decline and Urban-Rural Contrasts. 7. Socio-racial Status and Mobility: The Declarations of Mestizo. Sources and Possibilities of the Declarations of Mestizo. Declarations of Mestizo Sought in Quito and the Audiencia of Quito, 1686-1800. The Language of Race: A Discussion of Socio-racial Terminology. Vile and Mechanical Offices Indians Dressed as Spaniards: The Urban Center as an Agent of Acculturation. A Parallel Life: The Ethnic Background of Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo
Conclusion: The Indian/White Dichotomy in Ethnic Classification. 8. Religious Riots and Civil Disturbances. Traditions of Popular Protest. The Barrios and Social Order: The Franciscan Disturbances and the Parish of San Roque, 1719-1765. The Impact of the Bourbon Reforms and the 1765 Rebellion. The Political Landscape After 1765: Reaction and Conspiracies. The Quito Revolts of 1809-1810
9. Conclusions.
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