Santiago de Guatemala, 1541–1773: City, Caste, and the Colonial Experience

Amazon.com Price: $19.95 (as of 06/05/2019 01:28 PST- Details)

Description

Santiago de Guatemala was once the colonial capital and most necessary urban center of Spanish Central The united states from its establishment in 1541 until the earthquakes of 1773. Christopher H. Lutz traces the demographic and social history of the city Throughout this period, that specialize in the upward push of groups of mixed descent. Throughout these two centuries the city evolved from a segmented society of Indians, Spaniards, and African slaves to an increasingly more mixed population as the formerly all-Indian barrios became home to a big intermediate group of ladinos. The history of the evolution of a multiethnic society in Santiago also sheds light at the present-day struggle of Guatemalan ladinos and Indians and the problems that continue to divide the country these days.

Home » Shop » Books » Subjects » Arts and Photography » History and Criticism » History » Asia » Japan » General » Santiago de Guatemala, 1541–1773: City, Caste, and the Colonial Experience

Recent Products