1st Edition
The Cost Of Conquest Indian Decline In Honduras Under Spanish Rule
By Linda Newson
Copyright 1987
394 Pages
by
Routledge
377 Pages
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Routledge
378 Pages
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Routledge
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At the time of the Spanish conquest, Honduras was inhabited by two distinct social systems, which defined the boundary between the cultures of Mesoamerica and South America. Each system was administered in a different way, and subsequently the survival of each civilization varied markedly. This study examines the nature of each culture at the time of Spanish conquest, the size of the populations,... Read more
PART I INTRODUCTION 1. PATTERNS OF CONQUEST AND INDIAN POPULATIONS, PART II HONDURAS ON THE EVE OF SPANISH CONQUEST, PART ID SPANISH CONQUEST, 1522 TO 1550, PART IV WESTERN AND CENTRAL HONDURAS, 1550 TO PART V EASTERN HONDURAS, 1550 TO 1821, PART VI DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE, 1550 TO 1821, PART VII CONCLUSION.
Biography
Linda Newson is lecturer in geography at King's College in London.
