Santiago de Guatemala was the colonial capital and most important urban center of Spanish Central America from its establishment in 1541 until the earthquakes of 1773. Christopher H. Lutz traces the demographic and social history of the city during this period, focusing on the rise of groups of mixed descent. During these two centuries the city evolved from a segmented society of Indians, Spaniards, and African slaves to an increasingly mixed population as the formerly all-Indian barrios became home to a large intermediate group of ladinos. The history of the evolution of a multiethnic...
Santiago de Guatemala was the colonial capital and most important urban center of Spanish Central America from its establishment in 1541 until the ...
Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these rich and strange lands, as Hernan Cortes called them, and their many different peoples was brutal and prolonged. " Strange Lands and Different Peoples " examines the myriad ramifications of Spanish intrusion, especially Maya resistance to it and the changes that took place in native life because of it. The studies assembled here, focusing on the first century of colonial rule (1524 1624), discuss issues of conquest and resistance, settlement and colonization,...
Guatemala emerged from the clash between Spanish invaders and Maya cultures that began five centuries ago. The conquest of these rich and strange land...
