{"product_id":"quito-1599-city-and-colony-in-transition-dilogos-series-9780826323576","title":"Quito 1599: City and Colony in Transition (Dilogos Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eQuito has always been one of the most enigmatic of colonial Spanish American cities. The history of its enormous hinterland  only a fraction of which forms the modern Republic of Ecuador  is even less known. This engaging book takes the watershed year 1599 as a starting point for a provocative reinterpretation of the history of Quito  city and colony. The result is a lively narrative that is also an original inquiry into the driving forces behind sixteenth-century Spanish colonialism. In six overlapping topical narratives Lane brings to life a place wracked by civil disturbances  shipwrecks  indigenous uprisings  pirate attacks  maroon intransigence  urban decadence  failed missionary endeavors  sharp economic reorientations  and wily and unpredictable subaltern adaptation and resistance.  Drawing from a wealth of recent research on the colonial north Andes and on more than seven years of study in the archives of Ecuador  Colombia  and Spain  Lane presents rich discoveries of interest to economic historians  including a previously unknown gold boom; however  his primary interest is people. He explores the ways both individuals and groups--shipwreck victims  slaves  laborers  merchants  traders--faced obstacles and seized (or missed) opportunities  showing readers not only the basic facts and major themes of colonial life but also the influence and outcome of individual hopes and fears among people from a multitude of races and ethnicities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646896562229,"sku":"ByrdShop_082632357X","price":20.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780826323576.jpg?v=1781680670","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/quito-1599-city-and-colony-in-transition-dilogos-series-9780826323576","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}