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The Colonial Spanish-American City: Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism
Jay Kinsbruner
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Paperback. An authoritative history and analysis of the colonial Spanish-American city. Num Pages: 198 pages, 2 line drawings, 4 maps, 1 table. BIC Classification: JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
Winner, A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book, 2007 The colonial Spanish-American city, like its counterpart across the Atlantic, was an outgrowth of commercial enterprise. A center of entrepreneurial activity and wealth, it drew people seeking a better life, with more educational, occupational, commercial, bureaucratic, and marital possibilities than were available in the rural regions of the Spanish colonies. Indeed, the Spanish-American city represented hope and opportunity, although not for everyone. In this authoritative work, Jay Kinsbruner draws on many sources to offer the first history and interpretation in English of ... Read more
Winner, A Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Book, 2007 The colonial Spanish-American city, like its counterpart across the Atlantic, was an outgrowth of commercial enterprise. A center of entrepreneurial activity and wealth, it drew people seeking a better life, with more educational, occupational, commercial, bureaucratic, and marital possibilities than were available in the rural regions of the Spanish colonies. Indeed, the Spanish-American city represented hope and opportunity, although not for everyone. In this authoritative work, Jay Kinsbruner draws on many sources to offer the first history and interpretation in English of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
417g
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292706682
SKU
V9780292706682
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About Jay Kinsbruner
JAY KINSBRUNER is Professor Emeritus of History at Queens College, City University of New York. A distinguished scholar of Latin American history, he is the author of several books, including Independence in Spanish America: Civil Wars, Revolutions, and Underdevelopment; Not of Pure Blood: The Free People of Color and Racial Prejudice in Nineteenth-Century Puerto Rico; and Petty Capitalism in Spanish ... Read more
Reviews for The Colonial Spanish-American City: Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism
This book stands alone as a study of the Spanish-American city... It brings together material on the structure of Spanish colonial cities [and] society in the cities, with an especially useful discussion of occupations and family organizations... General readers will also find this an interesting book. William H. Beezley, Professor of History, University of Arizona