This volume shows that slaves acquired by some ruling households were incorporated into patterns of kinship. Colonial abolitionist measures did not even try to release these slaves; they restructured ideologies of marriage and succession instead and eroded the status of slave-descended members over time.
#644435 in Books imusti 2012-01-24Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 4.40 x .60 x 6.70l; .25 #File Name: 0195392299144 pagesOxford University Press USA
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great product. It arrived just as stated and looked ...By CustomerGreat product. It arrived just as stated and looked new.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great as a referenceBy bassboyExcellent quick reference about the conquistadors. I do not agree with all of the authors theories about the interactions between native peoples and the Spanish; but all sides need to tell it the way they see it.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Disturbing but fascinatingBy TSAI bought the kindle edition of the book; which is pretty poor; but it's hardly the authors' fault.This book is NOT a compilation of stories of conquistadores: if you want some specifics about Cortes or Ponce de Leon; choose another one. The book is roughly divided in three parts. The first one is a kind of sociology of the Conquistadors (and strangely enough Conquistadoras; Black conquistadors; Indian conquistadors...). The second one tries to explain the improbable success of the Spanish conquistadors in the America. Knowing that Spain; when the Conquista started; was far from being the most advanced civilization in Europe; which wasn't itself the most advanced in the world; by the authors' account. The conclusions of the book are sometimes disturbing but never lack a strong scientific rigour.
