In the 16th and 17th centuries, the mining economies of New Spain and Peru integrated the core regions of Spanish America into an expanding global economy. The exchange of plants, animals, and microbes that accompanied this integration additionally generated tumultuous change in Mesoamerica and Andean societies alike.
How did this dual integration (economic and ecological) shape what it meant to be indigenous (“Indian”) across the core regions of Spanish America?
Draw your interpretation of this period from our readings over the past few weeks—Townsend, Crosby, Lane, Tutino, and Velasco Murillo. Where useful to your argument, you can draw comparisons with Spanish and African groups, as well as the emerging category of mestizo. Your focus should remain principally on changing notions of indigenous identity in the areas we’ve talked about.
Format: Times New Roman, font size 12, one inch margins, double-spaced. 4-6 pages, give or take.
Citation: It is important to provide a citation when you quote directly or paraphrase an idea from another source. Provide a brief footnote or parenthetical citation with the author last name and page number. If you cite an outside source (neither expected nor required), please provide the full footnote citation and/or bibliography entry at the end of the essay under the heading Additional Bibliography. You do not need to write out bibliographical entries for our assigned readings.
Be judicious when you cite: avoid block quotes and make sure any directly quoted material you do use is well integrated alongside your own analysis. Paraphrasing (restating in your own words) can be immensely useful, as long as you reference correctly.
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