Title Indigenous migration and social change : the forasteros of Cuzco, 1570-1720 / Ann M. Wightman

Published Durham : Duke University Press, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 315 pages) : map Series e-Duke books scholarly collection. Contents "Innumerable Indians": Cuzco, 1570 -- "The Indian Towns Have Been Deserted ... but the Indians Have Not Disappeared": The Failure of the Reducciones -- "Those Who Have Left Their Native Towns for Others": The Forasteros of Cuzco -- "El Ayllu Forastero": Migration, Community Structure, and Community Identity -- "Residente en Esa Ciudad": The Urban Migrant in Cuzco -- "Trabajar por un Afio": The Migrants' Role in the Transformation of Production Under Spanish Rule -- "Because All the Indians Have Died": Cuzco, 1720 -- APPENDIX I: Labor Contracts from the Notarial Records -- APPENDIX II: The 1690 Census of the Bishopric of Cuzco -- APPENDIX III: The Ayllu Forastero in the Parish Records of Yucay Summary Many observers in colonial Spanish America-whether clerical, governmental, or foreign-noted the large numbers of forasteros, or Indians who were not seemingly attached to any locality. These migrants, or "wanderers," offended the bureaucratic sensibilities of the Spanish administration, as they also frustrated their tax and revenue efforts. Ann M. Wightman's research on these early "undocumentals" in the Cuzco region of Peru reveals much of importance on Andean society and its adaptation and resistance to Spanish cultural and political hegemony. The book thereby informs our understanding of so Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-308) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL pda Print version record Subject Indians of South America -- Peru -- Cuzco -- Social conditions Rural-urban migration -- Peru -- Cuzco Incas -- Politics and government Incas -- Social conditions Colonial administrators -- Peru -- Cuzco Indians -- Social conditions -- Peru -- Cuzco HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America. HISTORY / Latin America / South America Indians -- Social conditions Colonial administrators Incas -- Politics and government Incas -- Social conditions Indians of South America -- Social conditions Rural-urban migration Inka's. Binnenlandse migratie. Koloniaal bestuur. SUBJECT Peru -- History -- 1548-1820. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100207 Subject Peru Peru -- Cuzco Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 89033443 ISBN 9780822382843 0822382849 9786612919923 6612919922

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