Glossary

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables ix
4. Figures xi
5. Preface xiii
6. Plates xix
7. Geography and the past 3
8. The Regional Setting
9. Physical and Human Geography 11
10. Contact and Conquest (1500–1541)
11. The Cultural Landsacpe on the Eve of Spanish Conquest 37
12. Conquest and Subjugation by Imperial Spain 58
13. The Cuchumatán Population at Spanish Contact 67
14. The Colonial Experience (1541–1821)
15. In Pursuit of Order: Congregación and the Administration of Empire 75
16. Economic Demands and Ethnic Relations: Spanish Control of the Indian Population 95
17. Working the Land: Landholding Patterns and the Agricultural Economy 118
18. Collapse and Recovery: Demographic Change in the Native Population 140
19. Refuge in the Mountains 173
20. Quincentennial Reflections 177
21. Epilogue 199
22. Glossary 221
23. Notes 225
24. Bibliography 271
25. Index 295