Islanders and Empire - Juan José Ponce Vázquez

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Résumé :
Islanders and Empire is a pioneering and comprehensive examination of the role smuggling played in the economic and socio-political transformation of Hispaniola from the late sixteenth to seventeenth centuries that will interest students and scholars of the Caribbean, colonial Latin American, and the Atlantic World.

Sommaire:
List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Colonial Origins: Hispaniola in the Sixteenth Century; 2. Smuggling, Sin, and Survival, 1580-1600; 3. Repressing Smugglers: The Depopulations of Hispaniola, 1604-06; 4. Tools of Colonial Power: Officeholders, Violence, and Enslaved African Exploitation in Santo Domingo's Cabildo; 5. 'Prime Mover of All Machinations': Rodrigo Pimentel, Smuggling, and the Artifice of Power; 6. Neighbors, Rivals, and Partners: Non-Spaniards and the Rise of Saint-Domingue; Conclusion; Glossary of Spanish Terms; Bibliography; Index