Incomplete Conquests

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Incomplete Conquests

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In Incomplete Conquests, Stephanie Joy Mawson uncovers the limitations of Spanish empire in the Philippines, unearthing histories of resistance, flight, evasion, conflict, and warfare from across the breadth of the Philippine archipelago during the seventeenth century. The Spanish colonization of the Philippines that began in 1565 has long been seen as heralding a new era of globalization, drawing together a multiethnic world of merchants, soldiers, sailors, and missionaries. Colonists sent reports back to Madrid boasting of the extraordinary number of souls converted to Christianity and the number of people paying tribute to the Spanish Crown. Such claims constructed an imagined imperial sovereignty and were not accompanied by effective consolidation of colonial control in many of the regions where conversion and tribute collection were imposed. Incomplete Conquests foregrounds the stories of indigenous, Chinese, and Moro communities and their responses to colonial agents, weaving together stories that take into account the rich cultural and environmental diversity of this island world.

SKU: 40049 Category: Tags: ,
Subtitle: The Limits of Spanish Empire in the Seventeenth-Century Philippines
Author: Stephanie Joy Mawson
Year: 2023
ISBN: 9781501770272
Pages: 288
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publisher's city: Ithaca/London
Publication date: 2023-07-15
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