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Book The American Indian

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
  • Publisher : New York : D. Appleton and Company
  • Release : 1927
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 560 pages

Download or read book The American Indian written by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill and published by New York : D. Appleton and Company. This book was released on 1927 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book    The    American Indian

Download or read book The American Indian written by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Indian   North  South and Central America

Download or read book The American Indian North South and Central America written by Hyatt Verrill and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Central America s Indians

Download or read book Central America s Indians written by David Stephen and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Central America  the West Indies and South America

Download or read book Central America the West Indies and South America written by Henry Walter Bates and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Indians of North America in Historic Times

Download or read book The Indians of North America in Historic Times written by Cyrus Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica and Central America

Download or read book The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica and Central America written by Robert M. Carmack and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is focused on the native peoples of Central America. Robert Carmack examines their history, societies and cultures, and relates their many historical accomplishments to larger world history.

Book Indians and the Political Economy of Colonial Central America  1670   1810

Download or read book Indians and the Political Economy of Colonial Central America 1670 1810 written by Robert W. Patch and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of relations between the Spanish and the Indians of colonial Central America, often oversimplified as a story of unending Spanish abuse, forms a complicated tapestry of economics and politics. Robert W. Patch's even-handed study of the repartimientode mercancías—the commercial dealings between regional magistrates and the people under their jurisdiction—reveals the inner workings of colonialism in Central America. Indians were at the heart of the colonial economy. They made up the majority of the population, produced most of the goods, and performed most of the labor. The bureaucrats who ruled over them were badly paid, and to increase their income, they carried out illegal business activities with the Indians and sometimes even non-Indians. This book analyzes these commercial exchanges in colonial Central America within the context of a colonial regime dependent for income on taxes paid by Indians. Patch demonstrates that the magistrates frequently used repartimientos illegally to facilitate tax collection and then justified their actions by claiming that such commerce was necessary for the survival of colonialism. At the same time, the commerce contributed to the development of regional economies and the integration of the regions into the world economy. Patch’s case studies of highland Guatemala and Nicaragua reveal how the system worked at the regional and local levels. These studies manifest not only the profits to be made through repartimientos but also the problems faced by magistrates as they tried to be government officials and businessmen at the same time. The Spanish government eventually imposed reforms to make the colonial bureaucracy more honest by eliminating the repartimiento system. The reforms, however, also resulted in economic decline and political disaffection among the Hispanic population. Patch’s book, therefore, covers a crucial phase in the history of Central America as the region moved from colonialism to independence.

Book Indians of Latin America

Download or read book Indians of Latin America written by Committee on Cooperation in Latin America and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Indian

    Book Details:
  • Author : A. Hyatt Verrill
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1977-04-01
  • ISBN : 9780849014147
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The American Indian written by A. Hyatt Verrill and published by . This book was released on 1977-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Indian in Latin American History

Download or read book The Indian in Latin American History written by John E. Kicza and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initially decimated by disease and later faced with the loss of their lands and their political autonomy, Latin American Indians have displayed remarkable resilience. They have resisted cultural hegemony with rebellions and have initiated petitions to demand remedies to injustices, while consciously selecting certain aspects of the West to incorporate into their cultures. Leading historians, anthropologists and sociologists examine Indian-Western relationships from the Spaniards' initial contact with the Incas to the cultural interplay of today's Latin America. This revised edition contains four brand new chapters and a revised introduction. The list of suggested readings and films has also been updated.

Book History of Central America

Download or read book History of Central America written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth century Central America

Download or read book Forced Native Labor in Sixteenth century Central America written by William L. Sherman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little has been written on society in the Spanish Indies during the sixteenth century, although it was during those formative decades that the Latin American class structure evolved. The Spanish conquest of the Indians produced profound social dislocations as many Spaniards of a low station found themselves members of a new aristocracy and native lords were often reduced to servitude. This book presents the firstøcomprehensive investigation of the primary issue of the first century of Spanish American colonization: the massive system of Indian forced labor, ranging from outright slavery to the encomienda, upon which Spanish colonial society rested. Focusing on the fate of the natives under Spanish rule, the author traces in graphic detail the rupturing of Indian traditions and the fate that befell the Indian people. While demonstrating the excesses of the conquistadores and unscrupulous crown officials, he also emphasizes that Central America was the scene of the first attempts to apply the famous New Laws. Although that legislation was not fully implemented, the reformist judge Alonso L¢pez de Cerrato made significant improvements in labor conditions, in the face of furious opposition from the Spanish settlers. Aside from its discussion of labor practices, this account deals with population figures and the extent of the slave trade, and corrects a number of errors in traditional sources. In addition, Spanish Indian policy, particularly at the local level, is examined in combination with character studies of individual officials, providing a much needed new look at the way in which Indians were affected by the conquest. Based primarily on documents in Spanish and Central American archives, the book includes chapters on the treatment of Indian women and the decline of the native nobility which made valuable contributions to the ethnology as well as the history of Central America.

Book The Indians of Central and South America

Download or read book The Indians of Central and South America written by James S. Olson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1991-06-17 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a juncture in history when much interest and attention is focused on Central and South American political, ecological, social, and environmental concerns, this dictionary fills a major gap in reference materials relating to Amerindian tribes. This one-volume reference collects important information about the current status of the indigenous peoples of Central and South America and offers a chronology of the conquest of the Amerindian tribes; a list of tribes by country; and an extensive bibliography of surviving American Indian groups. Historical as well as contemporary descriptions of approximately 500 existing tribes or groups of people are provided along with several bibliographic citations at the conclusion of each entry. The focus of the volume is on those Indian groups that still maintain a sense of tribal identity. For the vast majority of his entries, James S. Olson draws material from the Smithsonian Institution's seven-volume Handbook of South American Indians as well as other classic resources of a broad, general nature. Much attention is also focused on the complicated question of South American languages and on the definition of what constitutes an Indian. Olson's introduction cites dozens of valuable reference works relating to these topics. Following the introduction, this survey of surviving Amerindians is divided into sections that contain entries for each existing tribe or group; an appendix listing tribes by country; the Amerindian conquest chronology; and a bibliographical essay. This unique reference work should be an important item for most public, college, and university libraries. It will be welcomed by reference librarians, historians, anthropologists, and their students.

Book To Die in this Way

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeffrey L. Gould
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN : 9780822320982
  • Pages : 340 pages

Download or read book To Die in this Way written by Jeffrey L. Gould and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenging the widely held belief that Nicaragua has been ethnically homogeneous since the 19th century, TO DIE IN THIS WAY reveals the continued existence of a "forgotten" indigenous culture. By recovering a significant part of Nicaraguan history that has been excised from national memory, Jeffrey Gould critiques the enterprise of third world nation-building and marks an important step in the study of Latin American culture and history. 11 photos.