The Colonial Spanish-American City : : Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism /

The Colonial Spanish-American City : : Urban Life in the Age of Atlantic Capitalism / / Jay Kinsbruner.

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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 tha...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Kinsbruner, Jay,
Place / Publishing House:Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]
©2005
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (198 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • A Note about the Terms ‘‘Town Council,’’ ‘‘Stores,’’ and ‘‘Shops’’
  • Chapter 1 The Colonial City by Definition and Origin
  • Chapter 1 The Colonial City by Definition and Origin
  • Chapter 3 The Colonial City Ordained and Structured
  • Chapter 4 The Administration of the Colonial City
  • Chapter 5 The City Visualized
  • Chapter 6 The Urban Economy
  • Chapter 7 Urban Society
  • Chapter 8 Caste and Class in the Urban Context
  • Chapter 9 The Urban Family
  • Chapter 10 The Urban Dialogue
  • Chapter 11 Conclusion: The Paradox
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A Comparison of Key Elements in the Ordenanzas of 1573 and in Vitruvius
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Index

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