Natives, Iberians, and Imperial Loyalties in the South American Borderlands, 1750–1800

Francismar Alex Lopes de Carvalho (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXII, 313 Seiten

2023 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-13247-6 (ISBN)

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This book examines the efforts of Spaniards and Portuguese to attract Native peoples and other settlers to the villages, missions, and fortifications they installed in a disputed area between present-day Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. The first part examines how autonomous Native peoples and those who lived in the Jesuit missions responded to the Indigenous policies the Iberian crowns initiated following the 1768 expulsion of the Society of Jesus. The second part examines military recruitment and supply circuits, showing how the political centers' strategy of transferring part of the costs and delegating responsibilities to local sectors shaped interactions between officers, soldiers, Natives, and other inhabitants. Moving beyond national approaches, the book shows how both Iberian empires influenced each other and the lives of the diverse peoples who inhabited the border regions.

Francismar Alex Lopes de Carvalho is Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the University of Bonn, Germany.

1. Introduction. - 2. Prelude: Negotiating Loyalties in Missions, Towns, and Fortifications.- 3. The Policy of "Pacification" and the Continuation of War.- 4. Formal and Informal Alliances.- 5. Mission Secularization and Insurgency.- 6. Labor Circuits and the Intersected Lives of Blacks and Natives.- 7. Ethnic Soldiering and the Force of Privilege.- 8. Discipline and Insubmission.- 9. Supply and Smuggling.- 10. Conclusion.

"This is an excellent study based on extensive archival research that sheds new light on the contingent loyalties and fragile imperial rule that characterized the South American borderlands in the late colonial period. It makes an important contribution by adopting an ''entangled' history approach' attentive to Indigenous agency and transcending national narratives ... . It will be of great interest to historians of Indigenous colonial relations, imperial competition, frontier spaces, and the Iberian world in the Americas." (Guillaume Candela, Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 104 (1), February, 2024)

Erscheinungsdatum	03.01.2024
Zusatzinfo	XXII, 313 p. 12 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Schlagworte	Borderlands • colonial Brazil • Jesuit missions • Portuguese Empire • Spanish Empire
ISBN-10	3-031-13247-5 / 3031132475
ISBN-13	978-3-031-13247-6 / 9783031132476
Zustand	Neuware