Between 1778 and 1784 the Spanish Crown transported more than 1, 900 peasants, including 875 women and girls, from northern Spain to South America in an ill-fated scheme to colonize Patagonia. The story begins as the colonists trudge across northern Spain to volunteer for the project and follows them across the Atlantic to Montevideo. However, before the last ships reached the Americas, harsh weather, disease, and the prospect of mutiny on the Patagonian coast forced the Crown to abandon the project. Eventually, the peasant colonists were resettled in towns outside of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, where they raised families, bought slaves, and gradually integrated into colonial society. Gendered Crossings brings to life the diverse settings of the Iberian Atlantic and the transformations in the peasants’ gendered experiences as they moved around the Spanish Empire.
Allyson M. Poska
Gendered Crossings [EPUB ebook]
Women and Migration in the Spanish Empire
Gendered Crossings [EPUB ebook]
Women and Migration in the Spanish Empire
Acquista questo ebook e ricevine 1 in più GRATIS!
Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 296 ● ISBN 9780826356444 ● Dimensione 10.8 MB ● Casa editrice University of New Mexico Press ● Pubblicato 2016 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 7487103 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
Richiede un lettore di ebook compatibile con DRM