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Transatlantic Obligations
Jane E. Mangan
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Description for Transatlantic Obligations
Paperback. In sixteenth-century Peru and Spain, even as migration, race mixture, and transculturation took place, family members fulfilled obligations by adapting custom to a changing world. This book studies non-elite families of indigenous, Spanish, and mixed ancestry with a focus on Lima and Arequipa and those with connections to Seville. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLSR; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
The sixteenth-century changes wrought by expansion of Spanish empire into Peru shaped the ways of being a family in colonial Peru. Even as migration, race mixture, and transculturation took place, family members fulfilled obligations to one another by adapting custom to a changing world. Family began to shift when, from the moment of their arrival in 1532, Spaniards were joined with elite indigenous women in political marriage-like alliances. Almost immediately, a generation of mestizos was born that challenged the hierarchies of colonial society. In response, the Spanish Crown began to promote the marriage of these men and the travel of ... Read more
The sixteenth-century changes wrought by expansion of Spanish empire into Peru shaped the ways of being a family in colonial Peru. Even as migration, race mixture, and transculturation took place, family members fulfilled obligations to one another by adapting custom to a changing world. Family began to shift when, from the moment of their arrival in 1532, Spaniards were joined with elite indigenous women in political marriage-like alliances. Almost immediately, a generation of mestizos was born that challenged the hierarchies of colonial society. In response, the Spanish Crown began to promote the marriage of these men and the travel of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199768585
SKU
V9780199768585
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Ref
99-22
About Jane E. Mangan
Jane E. Mangan is Associate Professor of History and Chair of Latin American Studies at Davidson College in North Carolina. She is a specialist in colonial Andean history whose research focuses on gender roles and the complexity of indigenous adaption to colonial rule.
Reviews for Transatlantic Obligations
Transatlantic Obligations is an ambitious and readable account of Spanish emigration and its consequences in the conquest period.
H-Net
Transatlantic Obligations is a path-breaking and impressive contribution. It is precisely because it delves into multiple and difficult sources and asks fresh questions that it raises additional sets of enquiries. At the core, it demolishes from yet another angle ... Read more
H-Net
Transatlantic Obligations is a path-breaking and impressive contribution. It is precisely because it delves into multiple and difficult sources and asks fresh questions that it raises additional sets of enquiries. At the core, it demolishes from yet another angle ... Read more