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Veracruz and the Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century: Cambridge Latin American Studies, cartea 128

Autor Joseph M. H. Clark
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 ian 2023
In the seventeenth century, Veracruz was the busiest port in the wealthiest colony in the Americas. People and goods from five continents converged in the city, inserting it firmly into the early modern world's largest global networks. Nevertheless, Veracruz never attained the fame or status of other Atlantic ports. Veracruz and the Caribbean in the Seventeenth Century is the first English-language, book-length study of early modern Veracruz. Weaving elements of environmental, social, and cultural history, it examines both Veracruz's internal dynamics and its external relationships. Chief among Veracruz's relationships were its close ties within the Caribbean. Emphasizing relationships of small-scale trade and migration between Veracruz and Caribbean cities like Havana, Santo Domingo, and Cartagena, Veracruz and the Caribbean shows how the city's residents – especially its large African and Afro-descended communities – were able to form communities and define identities separate from those available in the Mexican mainland.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781009180313
ISBN-10: 1009180312
Pagini: 344
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.67 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Latin American Studies

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Introduction; Part I. Building the Mexican-Caribbean World: 1. Veracruz before the Caribbean; 2. Environment, health, and race, 1599–1697; 3. Imperial designs and regional systems; 4. The large- and small-scale introduction of Africans to Veracruz; Part II. The Caribbean in Veracruz: 5. After the slave trade: nation, ethnicity, and mobility after 1640; 6. Practice and community in a spiritual borderland; 7. Caribbean defenses, the free-black militia, and regional consciousness; Conclusion: the Mexican Archipelago; Appendices.

Recenzii

'In this deeply researched and original book, Joe Clark argues for a distinct Mexican-Caribbean urban history. Africans and their descendants formed the majority population of seventeenth century Veracruz; Clark sheds light on their social, cultural, and economic roles in Veracruz and the circum-Caribbean networks of Havana and Cartagena. An important contribution to Mexican, Caribbean, and Atlantic World histories.' Jane Landers, author of Atlantic Creoles in the Age of Revolutions
'This richly documented history of Veracruz gives new meaning to the bound waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Joe Clark demonstrates the utility of seeing beyond the lines drawn on imperial maps to understand the web of relations that connected Afro-diasporic communities. It is an exceptional achievement.' Tatiana Seijas, author of Asian Slaves in Colonial Mexico: From Chinos to Indians
'This excellent, long-awaited study breaks new ground by examining seventeenth-century Mexico in relation to the Spanish Caribbean. Creatively employing an impressive range of disparate sources, Clark opens multiple new ways of envisioning early colonial Veracruz as a Black and Caribbean space.' David Wheat, author of Atlantic Africa and the Spanish Caribbean, 1570–1640

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Explores how Veracruz's Afro-Mexican residents drew on Caribbean relationships to define a distinctive social and cultural community.