Chiefdoms under siege
Subtitle: Spain's rule and native adaptation in the southern Colombian Andes, 1535-1700
By: Luis F. Calero.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Colombia -- Government relations.; Indians of South America -- Colombia -- Politics and government.; Indians of South America -- Colombia -- Land tenure.; Chiefdoms -- Colombia -- History.; Encomiendas (Latin America) -- History.; Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration.; Colombia -- Politics and government -- To 1810.; Colombia -- History -- To 1810.
Description: "A disappointing study of the Pastos, Quillacingas, and Abads in Southern Colombia between 1535-1700. Chapters focus on precolumbian inhabitants, ecology, Spanish land acquisition, colonial labor and tribute impositions, and the encomienda. Although based on several data-filled visitas, text is riddled with problems, ranging from unsupported interpretations to factual errors"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-224) and index.
Table of contents: title: The tropical mountain setting; title: The original inhabitants; title: The sixteenth-century society; title: The ecological impact of the conquest; title: The land; title: Labor and tribute; title: The encomienda in the seventeenth century.