Life and death in early colonial Ecuador
By: by Linda A. Newson.
Series: The civilization of the American Indian series ;; v. 214
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 505
Subjects: Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Population.; Indians, Treatment of -- Ecuador -- History.; Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Economic conditions.
Description: "Historical demography for 16th- and 17th-century Ecuador. The book's regional framework reveals major differences in mortality rates.  Calculates that depopulation in the Sierra during the 16th century was four times that of the Coast"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 468-492) and index.