Manufacturing Landscapes in Spanish America: The Case Study of Copper Exploitation in Mexico (Sixteenth–Eighteenth Centuries)

Amélia Polónia and Johan García Zaldúa
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Amélia Polónia: University of Porto
Johan García Zaldúa: University of Porto

Chapter Chapter 6 in Mining, Money and Markets in the Early Modern Atlantic, 2019, pp 127-162 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Assuming that the cultural systems of colonisers and indigenous peoples were mutually interdependent, the paper discusses two ideas: (1) Syncretism, mutual adaptation and assimilation processes were integral parts of a transformative process of society and environment in colonial contexts; (2) European cultural patterns were not the only ones responsible for altering landscapes in colonial spaces. These theoretical assumptions will be submitted to empirical evidence by analysing the human and environmental impacts of indigenous-Spanish copper production on the cultural and natural landscapes of South-Central Michoacán, Mexico.

Keywords: Copper; Michoacán; Mexico; Spain; Colonialism; Environment; Ecology; Culture; Human geography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23894-0_6

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