Colonial Habits
Convents and the Spiritual Economy of Cuzco, Peru
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Burns's important and highly readable work takes a fresh look at the key economic, social, and cultural relationships that created and sustained a densely woven urban-centered colonial society in the Andes. Among its new findings: at the heart of the economy of colonial Cuzco, a credit institution run by women favored the conquered indigenous elite with long-term finance at concessionary interest rates."--John Coatsworth, Harvard University
Transforms our view of nuns as marginal recluses to one of central actors on the colonial stage. Based on unprecedented archival research, this title demonstrates how nuns became leading guarantors of their city's social order by making loans, managing property, containing "unruly" women, and raising girls.
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction 1Part One Founding ActsChapter 1 Gender and the Politics of Mestizaje 15Chapter 2 The Dilemmas of Dominio: Reconciling Poverty and Property 41Chapter 3 Forasteras Become Cuzquenas 70Part Two ZenithChapter 4 Reproducing Colonial Cuzco 101Chapter 5 Producing Colonial Cuzco 132Part Three Crisis and DeclineChapter 6 Breaking Faith 157Chapter 7 Surviving Republicanism 186Epilogue 212Appendixes 217Notes 235Glossary 281Works Cited 285Index 297