Havana and the Atlantic in the sixteenth century / Alejandro de la Fuente ; with the collaboration of César García del Pino and Bernardo Iglesias Delgado
The port : shipping and trade -- The fleets and the service economy -- Urban growth -- Production -- Slavery and the making of a racial order -- The people of the land
Summary
De la Fuente provides the first examination of the transformation of Havana into a vibrant Atlantic port city and the fastest-growing urban center in the Americas in the late sixteenth century. He shows how local ambitions took advantage of the imperial design and situates Havana within the slavery and economic systems of the colonial Atlantic
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-280) and index
