Migration in Colonial Spanish America [Paperback]

Ranging from the sixteenth through the mid-nineteenth century, these essays provide an empirical analysis of migration in Latin America.This collection of essays provide theoretical, methodological and substantive empirical analysis of migration in Latin America. Ranging in time from the sixteenth through the mid-nineteenth century, they provide conclusive evidence of the ubiquity of migration in the early modern period, and show that to migrate was one of the most important means of coping with Spanish colonialism.This collection of essays provide theoretical, methodological and substantive empirical analysis of migration in Latin America. Ranging in time from the sixteenth through the mid-nineteenth century, they provide conclusive evidence of the ubiquity of migration in the early modern period, and show that to migrate was one of the most important means of coping with Spanish colonialism.In this collection of innovative essays an international team of contributors provides theoretical, methodological and substantive empirical analyses of a long-neglected topic in Latin American research. The essays are written from a multi-disciplinary perspective and thus provide data and novel interpretations that represent an important step forward in colonial Latin American studies. The picture that emerges is one of colonial Spanish America in a state of continual flux: spatial mobility was no less pronounced than social and racial change. Covering countries as varied as Bolivia and Costa Rica, and ranging in time from the sixteenth through the mid-nineteenth century, these studies will attract the attention of all Latin American specialists.List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1. Introduction: towards a typology of migration in colonial Spanish America David J. Robinson; 2. Indian migration and community formation: an analysis of congregaci?n in colonial Guatemala George Lovell and William R. Swezey; 3. Migration in colonial Peru: an overview NlÇ