Colombia before Independence
Subtitle: Economy, Society, and Politics under Bourbon Rule (Cambridge Latin American Studies)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 16, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780521894494
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; Latin America - General; History; History - General History; History: American; Colombia; Latin America - South America; Renaissance; Colombia--History--To 1810; History / Renaissance; History / South America; History : Renaissance
First sentence: To trace the origins of the Spanish colonial society that later became the Republic of Colombia, we must return to the opening decades of the sixteenth century, when Spaniards ranged along the coast between Cabo de la Vela and the Isthmus of Panama, searching for gold and slaves.