Burns's important and highly readable work takes a fresh look at the key economic, social, and cultural relationships that created and sustained a densely woven urban-centered colonial society in the Andes. Among its new findings: at the heart of the economy of colonial Cuzco, a credit institution run by women favored the conquered indigenous elite with long-term finance at concessionary interest rates."--John Coatsworth, Harvard University
Burns's important and highly readable work takes a fresh look at the key economic, social, and cultural relationships that created and sustained a densely woven urban-centered colonial society in the Andes. Among its new findings: at the heart of the economy of colonial Cuzco, a credit institution run by women favored the conquered indigenous elite with long-term finance at concessionary interest rates."--John Coatsworth, Harvard University
Kathryn Burns is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part One Founding Acts Chapter 1 Gender and the Politics of Mestizaje 15 Chapter 2 The Dilemmas of Dominio: Reconciling Poverty and Property 41 Chapter 3 Forasteras Become Cuzquenas 70 Part Two Zenith Chapter 4 Reproducing Colonial Cuzco 101 Chapter 5 Producing Colonial Cuzco 132 Part Three Crisis and Decline Chapter 6 Breaking Faith 157 Chapter 7 Surviving Republicanism 186 Epilogue 212 Appendixes 217 Notes 235 Glossary 281 Works Cited 285 Index 297
Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part One Founding Acts Chapter 1 Gender and the Politics of Mestizaje 15 Chapter 2 The Dilemmas of Dominio: Reconciling Poverty and Property 41 Chapter 3 Forasteras Become Cuzquenas 70 Part Two Zenith Chapter 4 Reproducing Colonial Cuzco 101 Chapter 5 Producing Colonial Cuzco 132 Part Three Crisis and Decline Chapter 6 Breaking Faith 157 Chapter 7 Surviving Republicanism 186 Epilogue 212 Appendixes 217 Notes 235 Glossary 281 Works Cited 285 Index 297
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