Islanders and Empire: Smuggling and Political Defiance in Hispaniola, 1580-1690

ISBN-13: 9781108477659 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 320 str.

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Opis

A pioneering examination of the role smuggling played in the transformation of Spanish Caribbean society and culture in the seventeenth century.

Recenzje

'… draw[s] attention to important yet understudied periods of Haiti's history.' Crystal Eddins, Haiti's New Political Worlds

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List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Colonial Origins: Hispaniola in the Sixteenth Century; 2. Smuggling, Sin, and Survival, 1580–1600; 3. Repressing Smugglers: The Depopulations of Hispaniola, 1604–06; 4. Tools of Colonial Power: Officeholders, Violence, and Enslaved African Exploitation in Santo Domingo's Cabildo; 5. 'Prime Mover of All Machinations': Rodrigo Pimentel, Smuggling, and the Artifice of Power; 6. Neighbors, Rivals, and Partners: Non-Spaniards and the Rise of Saint-Domingue; Conclusion; Glossary of Spanish Terms; Bibliography; Index