Forced Migration in the Spanish Pacific World: From Mexico to the Philippines, 1765-1811

ISBN-13: 9781107136793 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 324 str.

Eva Mehl

Opis

An exploration of the deportation of Mexican military recruits and vagrants to the Philippines between 1765 and 1811.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Intertwined histories in the Pacific: the Philippines and New Spain, 1565–1764; 2. Convicts and soldiers in the Spanish Empire; 3. Poverty, criminality, and the Bourbon State; 4. Levies for the Philippines in late colonial Mexico; 5. Spontaneous requests for deportation: tribulations of parents, youngsters, and wives; 6. Unruly Mexicans in Manila: imperial goals and colonial concerns; Appendix; Sources and bibliography; Index.