12. The Widening Gyre

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Preface XI
4. Part One: El Reino de Guatemala
5. 1. The Conquest and the Settlement 3
6. 2. The Kingdom Under the Hapsburgs 17
7. 3. Cross and Crown 41
8. 4. Colonial Society 64
9. 5. Crisis and Continuity, 1680–1730 91
10. Part Two: The New Order
11. 6. The Transformation of the Colony 111
12. 7. The Bourbon Reforms in Central America 129
13. 8. At the Mercy of the World Market 157
14. 9. The Indian Under the Later Bourbons 172
15. 10. The Economy Collapses 184
16. 11. José de Bustamante and the Crisis in Colonial Government 195
17. Part Three: The Center Gives Out
18. 12. The Widening Gyre 215
19. 13. The Republican Flxperiment: In Search of Order 229
20. 14. States Into Nations 247
21. 15. Caudillos, Castes, and Conclusions 268
22. Appendix A: Annual Income from the Church Tithe 279
23. Appendix B: Annual Remissions to the Royal Coffers, by Administration, 1781–1819 284
24. Appendix C: Sales of and Profits from Tobacco, Diverse Years, 1766–1828 286
25. Appendix D: Population Statistics 288
26. Abbreviations 291
27. Notes 293
28. Glossary 339
29. Bibliography 341
30. Index 359