MMW 13 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Pineapple, Encomienda, Casta
23 May 2018
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Portuguese Diffusion of commodities
Brazilian dyewood
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Asian spices 40%
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African gold
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Madeiran sugar
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Pacific trade
Sliver to Asia
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---Exchange: silks, porcelains, spices
Atlantic trade
Silver and dyes, medicinal plants, sugar, tobacco, chocolate to Europe
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In exchange for African slaves
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Manufactured European goods
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*pineapple was a sign of status
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Uneven Exchange
1500-1700 doubles sliver stock Europe
Growth or reginal economics
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Promoted production
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Promoted trade --- not hampered lack of money
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Columbian = orientation towards Europe
infusion of sliver
Farmers
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Manufactures
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merchants: invest, sell, grow
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Class object: What were the exploitative institutions that supported colonialism in the
early modern period?
Indigenous populations
Americas
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India
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Africa
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Indonesia
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Colonial institutions and practices
Economic -mercantilism
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---extraction resources
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---movement of commodities
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Legal
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Social
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Labor ---drafts, slavery
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Legal
Subject people
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permanent status as legal minors
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Carry weapons
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Become a religious
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Drink wine
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Hold certain jobs
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Live in designated areas
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Societal practices
Phenotype---resemblance to dominant cultural affects
Social standing ---closer = higher
Casta hierarchy (in theory)
European
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Peninsular Spaniards castas
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Indigenous people
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Free afro-Latin Americans
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Slaves
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Labor
Encomienda
Grant of labor and tribute
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Encomendero---protection, Christianity
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Repartimiento
Seasonal draft labor
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Human carrier
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Mine labor
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Build roads
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Forced/draft labor
Exploitative
Overworked
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Abused
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Work on projects for metropole ---not local communities
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Tribute
Coin and kind: gold, food, cloth, native women (earn money, produce goods)
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Lec20 Colonialism
Monday, May 21, 2018
11:03 AM
