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Amor y sexo en la historia de Quito: Gomezjurado
Gomezjurado Zevallos, Javier. Amor y sexo : en la historia de Quito. Quito: PPL Impresores, 2019.
Interwoven: Andean Lives in Colonial Ecuador’s Textile Economy: Corr
Corr, Rachel. Interwoven: Andean Lives in Colonial Ecuador’s Textile Economy. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2018.
Simbolismo y ritual en las sublevaciones indígenas: Moreno
Citation Moreno Yánez, Segundo E. Simbolismo y ritual en las sublevaciones indígenas. Primera edición. Biblioteca de historia, volumen 47. Quito: Corporación Editora Nacional, 2017.
The Andean Wonder Drug: Cinchona Bark and Imperial Science in the Spanish Atlantic: Crawford
Matthew Crawford’s The Andean Wonder Drug is a fascinating history of quina, the medicinal tree bark of the chinchona tree, native to the Andean forests of South America.
Quito: Historia Del Cabildo y La Ciudad: Gomezjurado
Citation Gomezjurado Zevallos, Javier. Quito: Historia Del Cabildo y La Ciudad. Primera edición. Quito, Ecuador: Javier Gomezjurado Zevallos, 2015.
El Inca barroco: política y estética en la Real Audiencia de Quito: Espinosa
Citation Espinosa, Carlos R. El Inca barroco: política y estética en la Real Audiencia de Quito, 1630-1680. Quito, Ecuador: FLACSO Ecuador, 2015.
The Tupac Amaru Rebellion: Charles Walker
Charles Walker left few stones unturned in The Tupac Amaru Rebellion, an impressive analysis of Spain’s largest colonial rebellion. This essay briefly examines two original arguments and two secondary claims made by Walker that help shape our understanding of an uprising that ultimately reached levels of total violence rarely seen in human history. Walker’s “seemingly…
Quito, Ciudad de Maestros: Arquitectos, Edificios y Urbanismo: Webster
Citation Webster, Susan Verdi. Quito, Ciudad de Maestros: Arquitectos, Edificios y Urbanismo En El Largo Siglo XVII. Quito: Abya Yala, 2012.
Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World: Ferreiro
CitationFerreiro, Larrie D. Measure of the Earth: The Enlightenment Expedition That Reshaped Our World. New York: Basic Books, 2011.
El Ecuador en la Historia: Jorge Nunez
El Ecuador en la Historia, by Jorge Nunez Sanchez, is a survey of national history from the pre-Columbian period to the modern nation-state, focusing more heavily on the twentieth century. The book sheds light on early indigenous protests of colonial rule, labor organization, and liberal reforms in the early twentieth century, as well as the…
The Deepest Wounds: Thomas Rogers
Thomas Rogers’ The Deepest Wounds argues that Pernambuco sugar planters “saw no distinction between land and labor” (8). Enslaved and free workers on cane plantations were demoted in elites’ eyes to a level equal with the animals and the earth – merely another natural resource to be commanded by the planters (72-73). This monograph shows…
The Limits of Gender Domination: Women, the Law, and Political Crisis in Quito, 1765-1830: Chad Black
Citation Black, Chad T. The Limits of Gender Domination: Women, the Law, and Political Crisis in Quito, 1765-1830. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
Andean Journeys: Migration, Ethnogenesis, and the State in Colonial Quito: Karen Powers
Citation Powers, Karen Vieira. Andean Journeys: Migration, Ethnogenesis, and the State in Colonial Quito. Albuquerque: University Of New Mexico, 2009.
Women’s Lives in Colonial Quito: Gender, Law, and Economy in Spanish America: Kimberley Gauderman
Citation Gauderman, Kimberly. Women’s Lives in Colonial Quito: Gender, Law, and Economy in Spanish America. University of Texas Press, 2009.
The Market for Meat in Colonial Cuenca: A Seventeenth-Century Urban Faunal Assemblage from the Southern Highlands of Ecuador: Jamieson
Citation Jamieson, Ross W. “The Market for Meat in Colonial Cuenca: A Seventeenth-Century Urban Faunal Assemblage from the Southern Highlands of Ecuador.” Historical Archaeology 42, no. 4 (December 2008): 21–37.
The Many Meanings of Poverty: Colonialism, Social Compacts, and Assistance in Eighteenth-Century Ecuador: Milton
Citation Milton, Cynthia E. The Many Meanings of Poverty: Colonialism, Social Compacts, and Assistance in Eighteenth-Century Ecuador. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2007.
El Negro en la Real Audiencia de Quito: Tardieu
Citation Tardieu, Jean-Pierre. El Negro En La Real Audiencia de Quito (Ecuador): Ss. XVI-XVIII. Quito: Abya-Yala; Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos, 2006.
Upholding Justice: Society, State, and the Penal System in Quito (1650-1750): Herzog
Citation Herzog, Tamar. Upholding Justice: Society, State, and the Penal System in Quito (1650—1750). History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2004.
Making Ecuadorian Histories: Four Centuries of Defining Power: Benavides
Citation Benavides, O. Hugo. Making Ecuadorian Histories: Four Centuries of Defining Power. 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004.
Vida y Muerte en Quito: Raíces del Sujeto Moderno en la Colonia Temprana: Sevilla
Citation Sevilla Larrea, Carmen. Vida y Muerte en Quito: Raíces del Sujeto Moderno en la Colonia Temprana. 2da. ed. Quito: Abya Yala, 2003.
Elites Indígenas En Los Andes: Nobles, Caciques y Cabildantes Bajo El Yugo Colonial: Cahill and Tovías
Citation Cahill, David Patrick, and Blanca Tovías, eds. Elites Indígenas En Los Andes: Nobles, Caciques y Cabildantes Bajo El Yugo Colonial. 1. ed. Quito, Ecuador: Ediciones Abya-Yala, 2003.
Quito 1599: City and Colony in Transition: Lane
Citation Lane, Kris E. Quito 1599: City and Colony in Transition. 1st ed. Diálogos. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002.
Historias Del País de Quito: Núñez
Citation Núñez, Jorge. Historias Del País de Quito. 1. ed. Quito: Eskletra Editorial, 1999.
Certezas Ante La Incertidumbre: Élite y Cabildo de Quito En El Siglo XVII: Ponce
Citation Ponce, Pilar. Certezas Ante La Incertidumbre: Élite y Cabildo de Quito En El Siglo XVII. 1a ed. Quito: Abya-Yala, 1998.
The Faces of Honor: Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America: Lyman and Lipsett-Rivera
Citation Johnson, Lyman L., and Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, eds. The Faces of Honor: Sex, Shame, and Violence in Colonial Latin America. 1st ed. Diálogos. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1998.
La Audiencia de Quito: Aspectos económicos y sociales (Siglos XVI – XVIII): Borchart
Citation Borchart de Moreno, Christiana. La Audiencia de Quito: Aspectos económicos y sociales (Siglos XVI – XVIII). Colección Pendoneros, Nr. 23. Quito: Ed. del Banco Central del Ecuador, 1998.
Producción y Comercio de Tejidos Coloniales: Los Obrajes y Chorrillos Del Cusco, 1570-1820: Escandell Tur
Citation Escandell Tur, Neus. Producción y Comercio de Tejidos Coloniales: Los Obrajes y Chorrillos Del Cusco, 1570-1820. Archivos de Historia Andina 23. Cusco, Perú: Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos “Bartolomé de Las Casas,” 1997.
With Broadax and Firebrand: Warren Dean
Warren Dean’s With Broadax and Firebrand is a history of the destructive impact of human activity on the Atlantic forests of Brazil. Chronicling social attitudes towards nature and the impact of those attitudes on the forests from pre-Columbian times to the present, he highlights the ultimately unproductive exploitation of Brazilian natural resources, which left the…
Quito y la crisis de la Alcabala (1580-1600): Lavallé
Citation Lavallé, Bernard. Quito y la crisis de la Alcabala (1580-1600). 2. ed. Biblioteca de historia ecuatoriana 16. Quito: Corporación Editora Nacional, 1997.
Crónica indiana del Ecuador antiguo: Borchart and Moreno
Citation Borchart de Moreno, Christiana, and Segundo E. Moreno Yánez. Crónica indiana del Ecuador antiguo. Quito: Ed. Abya-Yala, 1997.
The Kingdom of Quito, 1690-1830: The State and Regional Development: Andrien
Citation Andrien, Kenneth J. The Kingdom of Quito, 1690-1830: The State and Regional Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995.
El Guamán, El Puma y El Amaru: Formación Estructural Del Gobierno Indígena En Ecuador: Burgos
Citation Burgos Guevara, Hugo. El Guamán, El Puma y El Amaru: Formación Estructural Del Gobierno Indígena En Ecuador. 1a. ed. Colección “Biblioteca Abya-Yala 29. Quito, Ecuador: Ediciones Abya-Yala, 1995.
Life and Death in Early Colonial Ecuador: Newson
Citation Newson, Linda A. Life and Death in Early Colonial Ecuador. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
The People of Quito, 1690-1810: Change and Unrest in the Underclass: Minchom
Citation Minchom, Martin. The People of Quito, 1690-1810: Change and Unrest in the Underclass. Dellplain Latin American Studies, no. 32. Boulder: Westview Press, 1994.
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